HIV screening of migrants in the autonomous Province of Trento (north of Italy)

Massimiliano Lanzafame¹, Giovanni Mori^1,2, Emanuela Lattuada¹, Donatella Visentin³, Luisa Carraro³, Roberta Gargano³, Pirous Fatehmoghadam⁴, Maria Grazia Zuccali⁵

Affiliazioni

¹ Unit of Infectious Diseases, Santa Chiara Hospital, APSS, Trento, Italy
² Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
³ Hygiene and public health operational Unit, APSS, Trento, Italy
⁴ Simple structure of Epidemiological observatory, Prevention Department, APSS, Trento, Italy
⁵ Prevention Department, APSS, Trento (Italy)

Abstract

Migrants have accounted for more than 40% of new HIV diagnoses in Europe in 2022. Among the population of asylum seekers currently present in the Trento Province, screening for HIV infection is poorly carried out for various reasons. Here we report our experience about screening for HIV infection in asylum seekers present in that area using rapid self HIV-testing.

KEYWORDS: HIV infection; Screening; Migrants; Rapid HIV self-test

Aprile 23, 2024