How do skeletons with HIV present? A study on the identified CAL Milano Cemetery Skeletal Collection

It is estimated that 36.7 million people are living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection worldwide and 1.8 million were newly infected in 2016 [1]. With the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) pandemic, the chance of forensic cases with unknown skeletonized individuals infected by HIV becomes more important. Indeed and so far, HIV/AIDS is responsible for the death of 35 million people [1]. The investigation of HIV/AIDS-related bone lesions is interesting for paleopathology, forensic applications and medical purposes.
Source: Legal Medicine - Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Source Type: research