Browsing by Author "Kostaki, Evangelia-Georgia"
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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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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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Overview of HIV molecular epidemiology among people who inject drugs in Europe and Asia
Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Kostaki, Evangelia-Georgia; Paraskeva, D. (2016)HIV strains continuously evolve, tend to recombine, and new circulating variants are being discovered. Novel strains complicate efforts to develop a vaccine against HIV and may exhibit higher transmission efficiency and ...
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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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Prevalence of drug resistance among HIV-1 treatment-naive patients in Greece during 2003–2015: Transmitted drug resistance is due to onward transmissions
Paraskeva, D.; Kostaki, Evangelia-Georgia; Magiorkinis, Gkikas; Gargalianos, Panagiotis; Xylomenos, G.; Magiorkinis, Emmanouil; Lazanas, Marios; Chini, M.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Skoutelis, A.; Papastamopoulos, V.; Antoniadou, Anastasia; Papadopoulos, A.; Psichogiou, M.; Daikos, Georgios L.; Oikonomopoulou, M.; Zavitsanou, A.; Chrysos, Georgios; Paparizos, V.; Kourkounti, S.; Sambatakou, H.; Sipsas, N. V.; Lada, M.; Panagopoulos, P.; Maltezos, E.; Drimis, S.; Hatzakis, A. (2017)Background The prevalence of HIV-1 drug resistance among treatment-naïve patients ranges between 8.3% and 15% in Europe and North America. Previous studies showed that subtypes A and B were the most prevalent in the Greek ...