Browsing by Author "Laar, M. J. van de"
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Design and baseline findings of a large-scale rapid response to an HIV outbreak in people who inject drugs in Athens, Greece: The ARISTOTLE programme
Hatzakis, A.; Sypsa, V.; Paraskeva, D.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Tsiara, Chrissa G.; Micha, Katerina; Panopoulos, A.; Malliori-Minerva, Melpomeni; Psichogiou, M.; Pharris, Anastasia; Wiessing, L.; Laar, M. J. van de; Donoghoe, Martin; Heckathorn, Douglas D.; Friedman, Samuel R.; Jarlais, Don C. Des (2015)Aims: To (i) describe an intervention implemented in response to the HIV-1 outbreak among people who inject drugs (PWIDs) in Greece (ARISTOTLE programme), (ii) assess its success in identifying and testing this population ...
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Homelessness and other risk factors for HIV infection in the current outbreak among injection drug users in Athens, Greece
Sypsa, V.; Paraskeva, D.; Malliori-Minerva, Melpomeni; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Panopoulos, A.; Kantzanou, Maria; Katsoulidou, Antigoni; Psichogiou, M.; Fotiou, Anastasios; Pharris, Anastasia; Laar, M. J. van de; Wiessing, L.; Jarlais, Don C. Des; Friedman, Samuel R.; Hatzakis, A. (2015)Objectives: We examined HIV prevalence and risk factors among injection drug users (IDUs) in Athens, Greece, during an HIV outbreak. Methods: We used respondent-driven sampling (RDS) to recruit 1404 IDUs to the Aristotle ...
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Human immunodeficiency virus in injecting drug users in Europe following a reported increase of cases in Greece and Romania, 2011
Pharris, Anastasia; Wiessing, L.; Sfetcu, O.; Hedrich, D.; Botescu, A.; Fotiou, Anastasios; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Malliori-Minerva, Melpomeni; Salminen, M.; Suk, J. E.; Griffiths, P.; Laar, M. J. van de (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; ...