Browsing by Author "Hatzakis, Angelos"
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Identifying, linking, and treating people who inject drugs and were recently infected with HIV in the context of a network-based intervention
Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Psichogiou, Mina; Giallouros, George; Pantavou, Katerina; Pavlitina, Eirini; Papadopoulou, Martha; Williams, Leslie D.; Hadjikou, Andria; Kakalou, Eleni; Skoutelis, Athanasios; Protopapas, Konstantinos; Antoniadou, Anastasia; Boulmetis, George; Paraskevis, Dimitrios; Hatzakis, Angelos; Friedman, Samuel R. (2019)Identifying and linking people to care soon after HIV infection could limit viral transmission and protect their health. This work aims at describing the continuum of care among recently HIV-infected people who inject drugs ...
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Interleukin gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to HIV-1 infection: a meta-analysis
Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Tsiara, Chrissa G.; Dimou, Niki L.; Pantavou, Katerina G.; Bagos, Pantelis G.; Mensah, Benedicta; Talias, Michael; Braliou, Georgia G.; Paraskeva, Dimitra; Bonovas, Stefanos; Hatzakis, Angelos (2018)Some subjects are repeatedly exposed to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), yet they remain uninfected. This suggests the existence of host-resistance mechanisms. The current study synthesizes the evidence regarding the ...
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Molecular Analysis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1)–Infected Individuals in a Network-Based Intervention (Transmission Reduction Intervention Project): Phylogenetics Identify HIV-1–Infected Individuals With Social Links
Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Kostaki, Evangelia-Georgia; Pavlitina, Eirini; Williams, Leslie; Magiorkinis, Gkikas; Schneider, John; Skaathun, Britt; Morgan, Ethan; Psichogiou, Mina; Daikos, Georgios L.; Sypsa, Vana; Smyrnov, Pavlo; Korobchuk, Ania; Malliori, Meni; Hatzakis, Angelos; Friedman, Samuel R.; Paraskevis, Dimitrios (2018)We analyzed associations between HIV-1 transmission links, as estimated by phylogenetic analyses, and social networks. We found that 43.8% of people who inject
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Molecular investigation of HIV-1 cross-group transmissions during an outbreak among people who inject drugs (2011-2014) in Athens, Greece
Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Paraskevis, Dimitrios; Sypsa, Vana; Psichogiou, Mina; Pantavou, Katerina; Kostaki, Evangelia; Karamitros, Timokratis; Paraskeva, Dimitra; Schneider, John; Malliori, Melpomeni; Friedman, Samuel R.; Des Jarlais, Don C.; Daikos, Georgios L.; Hatzakis, Angelos (2018)New diagnoses of HIV-1 infection among people who inject drugs (PWID) rocketed in Athens, Greece between 2011 and 2014 (HIV-1 outbreak). Our aim was to identify, during that period, potential cross-group transmissions ...
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Near Full-length Genomic Sequencing and Molecular Analysis of HIV-Infected Individuals in a Network-based Intervention (TRIP) in Athens, Greece: Evidence that Transmissions Occur More Frequently from those with High HIV-RNA
Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Kostaki, Evangelia-Georgia; Frampton, Daniel; Paraskevis, Dimitrios; Pantavou, Katerina; Ferns, Bridget; Raffle, Jade; Grant, Paul; Kozlakidis, Zisis; Hadjikou, Andria; Pavlitina, Eirini; Williams, Leslie D.; Hatzakis, Angelos; Friedman, Samuel R.; Nastouli, Eleni (2018)BACKGROUND: TRIP (Transmission Reduction Intervention Project) was a network-based, contact tracing approach to locate and link to care, mostly people who inject drugs (PWID) with recent HIV infection. OBJECTIVE: We ...
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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 ...