Effectiveness of a screening program for HBV, HCV, and HIV infections in African migrants to Sicily

• Published in: Digestive and liver disease Vol. 54; no. 6; pp. 800 - 804
• Main Authors: Prestileo, Tullio, Di Marco, Vito, Dino, Ornella, Sanfilippo, Adriana, Tutone, Marco, Milesi, Maurizio, Di Marco, Lorenza, Picchio, Camila A., Craxì, Antonio, Lazarus, Jeffrey V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2022
• Subjects: Antiviral Agents - therapeutic use; Female; HBV infection; HCV infection; Hepacivirus - genetics; Hepatitis B - diagnosis; Hepatitis B - epidemiology; Hepatitis B virus - genetics; Hepatitis C - diagnosis; Hepatitis C - drug therapy; Hepatitis C - epidemiology; Hepatitis C, Chronic - epidemiology; HIV infection; HIV Infections - epidemiology; Humans; Libya; Migrants; Physical tortures; Prevalence; Sexual violence; Sicily; Sicily - epidemiology; Transients and Migrants; Sicily; Sicily; Migrants; Sexual violence; HCV infection; HBV infection; HIV infection; Libya; Physical tortures

Migrants from Africa are vulnerable to viral infections during their journey. Migrants who arrived in western Sicily were offered early screening for hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. A questionnaire was administered to evaluate risk...