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Basing on CDC 2015 guidelines on STDs, anamnesis, and clinical features, screening for HIV\/STDs was proposed.\r\nResults: We enrolled 209 migrants, the median age was 32.5 (26-40) years, and 146 (69.9%) were male. The most represented nationalities were Nigerian, Senegalese, and Somali, with 85 (40.7%), 68 (32.5%), and 16 (7.7%) people, respectively. Twenty-two (10.5%) patients referred perianal\/genital lesions, 6 (2.9%) abdominal\/pelvic discomfort, and 183 (87.6%) were asymptomatic. Almost all symptomatic patients accepted the tests. 52\/183 (28.4%) asymptomatic subjects accepted the tests, and only 24\/52(46.2%) performed them. Among symptomatic patients were 6 (24%) HBsAg positivities and one (4%) HCV infection. Four (16%) people had latent syphilis; in 12 (48%) people, HPV-related genital warts were present, 7 (28%) people had Molluscum contagiosum, and 6 (24%) women had pelvic inflammatory diseases. Among patients referring no symptoms, there were 10 (41.7%) HBsAg positivities, one (4.2%) HIV infection, four (16.7%) latent syphilis, one (4.2%) HPV-related genital infection, and one (4.2%) PID. Being Nigerian and having symptoms were associated with a more high acceptance of the STDs test. Having a high-risk behavior was significantly associated with the development of at least one STD.\r\nConclusions: migrants have high-risk sexual behavior. Despite this, they have a low perception of HIV\/STDs risk and healthcare needs. Particular attention should be given to improve access to HIV\/STDs services that provide screening and treatment and increase the perception of healthcare needs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3855\/jidc.13346","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,8]],"date-time":"2021-03-08T21:55:51Z","timestamp":1615240551000},"page":"297-300","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["High-risk sexual behavior and HIV\/STDs cascade of care in migrants: results from an Italian dedicated outpatient clinic"],"prefix":"10.3855","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Vito","family":"Fiore","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrea","family":"De Vito","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nicholas","family":"Geremia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Petrana","family":"Martinekov\u00e1","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elija","family":"Princic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sergio","family":"Babudieri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giordano","family":"Madeddu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2222","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,7]]},"container-title":["The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jidc.org\/index.php\/journal\/article\/download\/13346\/2470","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jidc.org\/index.php\/journal\/article\/download\/13346\/2470","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,8]],"date-time":"2021-03-08T21:55:51Z","timestamp":1615240551000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jidc.org\/index.php\/journal\/article\/view\/13346"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,7]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"02","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,7]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3855\/jidc.13346","relation":{},"ISSN":["1972-2680"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1972-2680","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,7]]}}}