Browsing by Subject "Hiv infections"

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Increasing prevalence of HIV-1 subtype a in Greece: Estimating epidemic history and origin

Paraskeva, D.; Magiorkinis, Emmanouil; Magiorkinis, Gkikas; Sypsa, V.; Paparizos, V.; Lazanas, Marios; Gargalianos, Panagiotis; Antoniadou, Anastasia; Panos, G.; Chrysos, Georgios; Sambatakou, H.; Karafoulidou, Anastasia; Skoutelis, A.; Kordossis, Theodoros; Koratzanis, Georgios; Theodoridou, M.; Daikos, Georgios L.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Pybus, O. G.; Hatzakis, A. (2007)

Background. In North America and Europe, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection has typically been dominated by subtype B transmission. More recently, however, non-B subtypes have been increasingly reported in ...

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"Integrated interventions are dead. Long live sustainable integrated interventions!"-Austerity Challenges the Continuation of Effective Interventions in the Field of Drug Use-Related Harm Reduction

Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Fotiou, Anastasios (2015)

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Migration and HIV epidemic in Greece

Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Arvanitis, Michail; Masgala, Aikaterini; Paraskeva, D. (2005)

Background: Over the last decade, Greece has experienced a massive influx of migrants from countries in South Eastern/Central Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. This study aimed to estimate the percentage and the ...

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National income inequality and declining GDP growth rates are associated with increases in HIV diagnoses among people who inject drugs in Europe: A panel data analysis

Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Fotiou, Anastasios; Kanavou, Eleftheria; Richardson, C.; Detsis, Marios; Pharris, Anastasia; Suk, J. E.; Semenza, J. C.; Costa-Storti, Claudia; Paraskeva, D.; Sypsa, V.; Malliori-Minerva, Melpomeni; Friedman, Samuel R.; Hatzakis, A. (2015)

Background: There is sparse evidence that demonstrates the association between macro-environmental processes and drug-related HIV epidemics. The present study explores the relationship between economic, socio-economic, ...

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Network characteristics of people who inject drugs within a new HIV epidemic following austerity in Athens, Greece

Tsang, M. A.; Schneider, J. A.; Sypsa, V.; Schumm, P.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Paraskeva, D.; Friedman, Samuel R.; Malliori-Minerva, Melpomeni; Hatzakis, A. (2015)

Background: Greece experienced an unprecedented increase in HIV cases among drug injectors in 2011 after economic crisis. Network-level factors are increasingly understood to drive HIV transmission in emerging epidemics. ...

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Post-exposure prophylaxis after non-occupational exposure to HIV in Greece

Raftopoulos, V.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Konte, Vasileia; Pylli, M.; Tsiara, Chrissa G.; Makri, Efraxia; Paraskeva, D. (2008)

Aim: To assess the use of post-exposure prophylaxis after a non-occupational exposure to HIV in Greece. Methods: We analysed the data that were reported to the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention by physicians ...

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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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Recent advances in the treatment of HIV/HBV and HIV/HCV co-infection

Masgala, Aikaterini; Bonovas, Stefanos; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K. (2012)

Concurrent infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) in patients positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is relatively common. The treatment of co-infected individuals is rather complex ...

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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 ...

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Successful treatment of human immunodeficiency virus-related castleman's disease: A case report and literature review

Liberopoulos, E. N.; Ch, F. Tolis; Bai, M. C.; Efremidis, S.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Elisaf, Moses S. (2003)

Multicentric Castleman's disease is increasingly recognized as an aggressive illness with a rapidly fatal outcome in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. In the absence of optimal therapy, various therapeutic ...

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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 ...

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Surveillance of HIV exposure and postexposure prophylaxis among health care workers in Greece

Konte, Vasileia; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Raftopoulos, V.; Pylli, M.; Tsiara, Chrissa G.; Makri, Efraxia; Paraskeva, D. (2007)

Objective: Many developed countries have implemented surveillance systems for monitoring occupational exposure to HIV. The aim of the present study was to analyze surveillance data on HIV postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) for ...