Πλοήγηση ανά Συγγραφέα "Friedman, Samuel R."
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Pockets of HIV Non-infection Within Highly-Infected Risk Networks in Athens, Greece
Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Williams, Leslie D.; Kostaki, Evangelia-Georgia; Pavlitina, Eirini; Paraskevis, Dimitrios; Hatzakis, Angelos; Schneider, John; Smyrnov, Pavlo; Hadjikou, Andria; Psichogiou, Mina; Friedman, Samuel R. (2018)As part of a network study of HIV infection among people who inject drugs (PWID) and their contacts, we discovered a connected subcomponent of 29 uninfected PWID. In the context of a just-declining large epidemic outbreak, ...
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Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Awareness and Use Within High HIV Transmission Networks
Schueler, Kellie; Ferreira, Matthew; Nikolopoulos, Georgios; Skaathun, Britt; Paraskevis, Dimitrios; Hatzakis, Angelos; Friedman, Samuel R.; Schneider, John A. (2019)Improved implementation of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) should be a valuable tool within communities experiencing high HIV incidence, such as black men who have sex with men (MSM). Using baseline data from the Chicago ...
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Rapid Decline in HIV Incidence among Persons Who Inject Drugs during a Fast-Track Combination Prevention Program after an HIV Outbreak in Athens
Sypsa, V.; Psichogiou, M.; Paraskeva, D.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Tsiara, Chrissa G.; Paraskeva, D.; Micha, Katerina; Malliori-Minerva, Melpomeni; Pharris, Anastasia; Wiessing, L.; Donoghoe, Martin; Friedman, Samuel R.; Jarlais, Don Des; Daikos, Georgios L.; Hatzakis, A. (2017)Background. A "seek-test-treat" intervention (ARISTOTLE) was implemented in response to an outbreak of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among persons who inject drugs (PWID) in Athens. We assess trends in HIV ...
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Risk network approaches to locating undiagnosed HIV cases in Odessa, Ukraine
Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Smyrnov, Pavlo; Williams, Leslie D.; Korobchuk, Ania; Sazonova, Yana; Skaathun, Britt; Morgan, Ethan; Schneider, John; Vasylyeva, Tetyana I.; Friedman, Samuel R. (2018)Introduction Providing HIV healthcare and Treatment as Prevention both depend on diagnosing HIV cases, preferably soon after initial infection. We hypothesized that tracing risk networks recruits higher proportions of ...
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Social network approaches to locating people recently infected with HIV in Odessa, Ukraine
Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Williams, Leslie D.; Korobchuk, Ania; Smyrnov, Pavlo; Sazonova, Yana; Skaathun, Britt; Morgan, Ethan; Schneider, John; Vasylyeva, Tetyana I.; Duong, Yen T.; Chernyavska, Svitlana; Goncharov, Vitaliy; Kotlik, Ludmila; Friedman, Samuel R. (2019)Introduction This paper examines the extent to which an intervention succeeded in locating people who had recently become infected with HIV in the context of the large-scale Ukrainian epidemic. Locating and intervening ...
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Socially-Integrated Transdisciplinary HIV Prevention
Friedman, Samuel R.; Jr, M. J. Downing; Smyrnov, P.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Schneider, J. A.; Livak, B.; Magiorkinis, Gkikas; Slobodianyk, L.; Vasylyeva, T. I.; Paraskeva, D.; Psichogiou, M.; Sypsa, V.; Malliori-Minerva, Melpomeni; Hatzakis, A. (2014)Current ideas about HIV prevention include a mixture of primarily biomedical interventions, socio-mechanical interventions such as sterile syringe and condom distribution, and behavioral interventions. This article presents ...