Browsing by Subject "Human immunodeficiency virus infection"
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Hepatitis C infection among intravenous drug users attending therapy programs in Cyprus
(2010)The most high-risk population for HCV transmission worldwide today are intravenous drug users. HCV genotypes in the general population in Cyprus demonstrate a polyphyletic infection and include subtypes associated with ...
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High-burden epidemics in Greece in the era of economic crisis. Early signs of a public health tragedy
(2012)Background. Economic hardships have unleashed epidemics of infectious diseases in many countries in the past. In the era of the current financial crisis in Greece, it is interesting to assess the preliminary evidence ...
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HIV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, HLA-A11, and chemokine-related factors may act synergistically to determine HIV resistance in CCR5 Δ32-negative female sex workers in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand
(2001)Understanding how highly HIV-exposed individuals remain HIV uninfected may be useful for HIV vaccine design and development of new HIV prevention strategies. To elucidate mechanisms associated with resistance to HIV ...
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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
(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
(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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Immediate impact of Hurricane Sandy on people who inject drugs in New York City
(2015)Over the eight months following Hurricane Sandy, of October 2012, we interviewed 300 people who inject drugs in New York City. During the week after the storm, 28% rescued others or volunteered with aid groups; 60% experienced ...
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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
(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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The impact of human allelic variation on HIV-1 disease.
(2003)Human allelic variants influence the susceptibility to HIV-1 infection and/or the subsequent rates of disease progression towards AIDS that average ten years, although they vary greatly among infected subjects. In this ...
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Is the mortality rate for septic shock really decreasing?
(2008)Survival rates for patients in septic shock have gradually improved in critical care units worldwide over the last 25 years. Further improvement will be predicated on the discovery of new therapies to disrupt the underlying ...
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Measuring Altruistic and Solidaristic Orientations Toward Others among People Who Inject Drugs
(2015)The altruism and/or solidarity of people who inject drugs helps protect sex and drug partners from HIV. Research has been hindered by lack of measures. We developed and administered scales to assess them to 300 people who ...
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Migration and HIV epidemic in Greece
(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
(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
(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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Patterns of transmitted HIV drug resistance in Europe vary by risk group
(2014)Background: In Europe, a continuous programme (SPREAD) has been in place for ten years to study transmission of drug resistant HIV. We analysed time trends of transmitted drug resistance mutations (TDRM) in relation to the ...
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Persistence of episomal HIV-1 infection intermediates in patients on highly active anti-retroviral therapy
(2000)Treatment of HIV-1-infected individuals with a combination of anti- retroviral agents results in sustained suppression of HIV-1 replication, as evidenced by a reduction in plasma viral RNA to levels below the limit of ...
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Persistent HIV-1 infection of natural killer cells in patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy
(2002)We have identified a subset of CD56+CD3- human natural killer (NK) cells that express CD4 and the HIV coreceptors CCR5 and CXCR4. These cells can be productively infected in vitro by both CCR5- and CXCR4-using molecular ...
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Post-exposure prophylaxis after non-occupational exposure to HIV in Greece
(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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Prognostic factors in aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphomas
(1998)Aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is a biologically heterogeneous disease that can be cured with aggressive chemotherapy treatment. Different clinical, biological, cellular and molecular features have been identified ...