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      HIV cascade of care in Greece: Useful insights from additional stages 

      Nikolopoulos, Georgios; Vourli, Georgia; Paparizos, Vasilios; Skoutelis, Athanasios; Metallidis, Symeon; Gargalianos, Panagiotis; Papadopoulos, Antonios; Chini, Maria; Sipsas, Nikolaos V.; Psychogiou, Mina; Chrysos, Georgios; Sambatakou, Helen; Gogos, Charalambos; Katsarou, Olga; Paraskeva, Dimitra; Dedes, Nikos; Touloumi, Giota; Group, on behalf of the Greek HIV Prevention (2018)
      Background Aiming to eliminate HIV infection, UNAIDS has set a global “90-90-90” target by 2020. We sought to construct a 6-stages HIV Cascade of Care (CoC) in Greece, overall and by risk group, to assess risk-group and ...
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      HIV incidence among men who have sex with men at a community-based facility in Greece 

      Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Chanos, Sophocles; Tsioptsias, Emmanouil; Hodges-Mameletzis, Ioannis; Paraskeva, Dimitra; Dedes, Nikos (2019)
      OBJECTIVE: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately affected by HIV in Greece. However, research on HIV incidence in this group is lacking. This study aimed at estimating HIV incidence among MSM in Athens, ...
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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 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 ...