Aids in Italy

Rezza, Giovanni; Ippolito, Giuseppe; Marasca, G.; Greco, Domenico

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(84)90634-2

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“…In Europe, as in the United States, the patients principally affected are homosexuals and drug abusers. However, there have been cases of AIDS in those patients who use anti hemophilic concentrates [1][2][3][4], In a letter to the Lancet (September 1984) [5] it was affirmed that in Italy there were no cases of hemophiliacs afflicted by AIDS. Here we report the first case in Italy of fatal AIDS seen in a hemophiliac.…”

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First Case in Italy of Fatal AIDS in a Hemophiliac1

Zanon¹,

Vicarioto²,

Girolami³

et al. 1986

Acta Haematol

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The first fatal case of AIDS in an hemophiliac observed in Italy is reported. The propositus is a 53-year-old hemophilia A patient who died on the 8th December, 1984. AIDS was documented clinically and in the laboratory by serum antibodies to HTLV-III detected by ELISA and Western blot assays. A progressive intellectual worsening of the patient due to diffuse cerebral atrophy was followed by CT scan, EEG and by evaluation of proper neurological signs and symptoms.

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