Risk of AIDS in HIV Seroconverters: A Comparison between Intravenous Drug Users and Homosexual Males

A multicentre cohort study was conducted in Italy to estimate the risk of developing AIDS in 261 intravenous drug users and 89 homosexual males for whom the seroconversion period was known. Four years after HIV seroconversion, AIDS incidence, estimated by Kaplan-Meier survival technique, was 13.8% f...

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Published in:European journal of epidemiology 1990-03, Vol.6 (1), p.99-101
Main Authors: Rezza, G., Lazzarin, A., Angarano, G., Zerboni, R., Sinicco, A., Salassa, B., Pristera, R., Barbanera, M., Ortona, L., Aiuti, F., Costigliola, P., Gafà, S., Tirelli, U., Pezzotti, P., Menniti-Ippolito, F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - epidemiology
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - etiology
AIDS
Brief Reports
Cohort Studies
Epidemiologic Methods
Estimation methods
HIV
HIV infections
HIV seropositivity
HIV Seropositivity - epidemiology
Homosexuality
Humans
International conferences
Male
Male homosexuality
Multicenter Studies as Topic
Natural history
Substance Abuse, Intravenous - complications
T lymphocytes
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Summary:A multicentre cohort study was conducted in Italy to estimate the risk of developing AIDS in 261 intravenous drug users and 89 homosexual males for whom the seroconversion period was known. Four years after HIV seroconversion, AIDS incidence, estimated by Kaplan-Meier survival technique, was 13.8% for intravenous drug users and 16.2% for homosexual males; the difference was not statistically significant. These findings suggest that four years after seroconversion the risk of developing AIDS in HIV seropositive intravenous drug users is no higher than that of subjects who acquired HIV infection through sexual contact.
ISSN:0393-2990
0392-2990
1573-7284
DOI:10.1007/BF00155560