Browsing by Subject "Acquired immune deficiency syndrome"

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      Assessing the secular trends in the transmission of HIV in Greece 

      Tsantes, Argirio E.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Masgala, Aikaterini; Paraskeva, D. (2005)
      Objective: To evaluate the current trends in HIV transmission in Greece. Methods: A retrospective study of HIV infected individuals reported to the Hellenic Center for Infectious Diseases Control (HCIDC) was conducted. ...
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      Epidemiology of aids defining conditions in Greece 

      Masgala, Aikaterini; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Tsantes, Argirio E.; Paraskeva, D. (2004)
      Objective: To examine the secular trends of all AIDS opportunistic infections to occur first (Ols) in Greece, by year, by gender and by mode of transmission. Methods: The study included all AIDS defining conditions reported ...
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      HBV-DNA levels predict overall mortality in HIV/HBV coinfected individuals 

      Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Paraskeva, D.; Psichogiou, M.; Hatzakis, A. (2016)
      The coinfection of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been associated with increased death rates. However, the relevant research has mostly relied on serologic HBV testing [HBV surface antigen ...
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      HIV epidemiology in Greece 

      Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Paraskeva, D.; Hatzakis, A. (2008)
      Greece has experienced early the effect of HIV/AIDS on morbidity and mortality. The era of highly active antiretroviral therapy has alleviated many of the consequences of the epidemic, however, HIV infection remains an ...
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      HIV-1 outbreak among injecting drug users in Greece, 2011: A preliminary report 

      Paraskeva, D.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Tsiara, Chrissa G.; Paraskeva, D.; Antoniadou, Anastasia; Lazanas, Marios; Gargalianos, Panagiotis; Psychogiou, M.; Malliori-Minerva, Melpomeni; Kremastinou, Jenny; Hatzakis, A. (2011)
      A significant increase (more than 10-fold) in the number of newly diagnosed HIV-1 infections among injecting drug users (IDUs) was observed in Greece during the first seven months of 2011. Molecular epidemiology results ...
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      HIV/AIDS: Recent advances in antiretroviral agents 

      Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Bonovas, Stefanos; Tsantes, Argirio E.; Sitaras, N. M. (2009)
      Despite the considerable progress in antiretroviral therapy, the eradication of HIV-1 remains unfeasible. Therefore, novel agents are under investigation. The aim of this review is to summarize the conventional compounds, ...
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      HIV/HBV co-infection and rate of antiretroviral treatment change after highly active antiretroviral treatment initiation in a cohort of HIV-infected patients in Greece 

      Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Paraskeva, D.; Hatzitheodorou, E.; Moschidis, Zissis; Sypsa, V.; Zavitsanos, X.; Kalapothaki, Victoria; Hatzakis, A. (2010)
      The current study investigated the impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection on the rate of change of antiretroviral drugs after the initiation of highly active antiretroviral treatment ...
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      Human immunodeficiency virus in injecting drug users in Europe following a reported increase of cases in Greece and Romania, 2011 

      Pharris, Anastasia; Wiessing, L.; Sfetcu, O.; Hedrich, D.; Botescu, A.; Fotiou, Anastasios; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Malliori-Minerva, Melpomeni; Salminen, M.; Suk, J. E.; Griffiths, P.; Laar, M. J. van de (2011)
      Greece and Romania reported an increased number of HIV cases among injecting drug users (IDUs) during 2011. Most European countries reported no changes in the rate of newly diagnosed cases of HIV or HIV prevalence in IDUs; ...
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      Impact of hepatitis B virus infection on the progression of AIDS and mortality in HIV-infected individuals: A cohort study and meta-analysis 

      Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Paraskeva, D.; Hatzitheodorou, E.; Moschidis, Zissis; Sypsa, V.; Zavitsanos, X.; Kalapothaki, Victoria; Hatzakis, A. (2009)
      Background. The effect of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection on the natural history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease remains uncertain. Therefore, a retrospective cohort study was conducted to examine the ...
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      Impact of HIV type 1 DNA levels on spontaneous disease progression: A meta-analysis 

      Tsiara, Chrissa G.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Bagos, Pantelis G.; Goujard, Cecile; Katzenstein, Terese L.; Minga, Albert K.; Rouzioux, C.; Hatzakis, A. (2012)
      Several studies have reported the prognostic strength of HIV-1 DNA with variable results however. The aims of the current study were to estimate more accurately the ability of HIV-1 DNA to predict progression of HIV-1 ...
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      Surveillance data on paediatric HIV infection and AIDS in Greece. 

      Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Konte, Vasileia; Masgala, Aikaterini; Eleni, E.; Tsantes, Argirio E.; Paraskeva, D. (2004)
      In Greece, HIV/AIDS surveillance is conducted by the Hellenic Centre for Infectious Diseases Control. The AIDS case reporting system was implemented in 1984, followed by notification of HIV infections in 1998. This article ...