dc.contributor.author | Nikolopoulos, Georgios K. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Psichogiou, Mina | en |
dc.contributor.author | Giallouros, George | en |
dc.contributor.author | Pantavou, Katerina | en |
dc.contributor.author | Pavlitina, Eirini | en |
dc.contributor.author | Papadopoulou, Martha | en |
dc.contributor.author | Williams, Leslie D. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Hadjikou, Andria | en |
dc.contributor.author | Kakalou, Eleni | en |
dc.contributor.author | Skoutelis, Athanasios | en |
dc.contributor.author | Protopapas, Konstantinos | en |
dc.contributor.author | Antoniadou, Anastasia | en |
dc.contributor.author | Boulmetis, George | en |
dc.contributor.author | Paraskevis, Dimitrios | en |
dc.contributor.author | Hatzakis, Angelos | en |
dc.contributor.author | Friedman, Samuel R. | en |
dc.creator | Nikolopoulos, Georgios K. | en |
dc.creator | Psichogiou, Mina | en |
dc.creator | Giallouros, George | en |
dc.creator | Pantavou, Katerina | en |
dc.creator | Pavlitina, Eirini | en |
dc.creator | Papadopoulou, Martha | en |
dc.creator | Williams, Leslie D. | en |
dc.creator | Hadjikou, Andria | en |
dc.creator | Kakalou, Eleni | en |
dc.creator | Skoutelis, Athanasios | en |
dc.creator | Protopapas, Konstantinos | en |
dc.creator | Antoniadou, Anastasia | en |
dc.creator | Boulmetis, George | en |
dc.creator | Paraskevis, Dimitrios | en |
dc.creator | Hatzakis, Angelos | en |
dc.creator | Friedman, Samuel R. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-23T14:38:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-23T14:38:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0954-0121 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/64084 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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 (PWID) and participated in an intervention in the context of an HIV outbreak in Athens, Greece. The Transmission Reduction Intervention Project (TRIP) conducted risk network-based contact tracing and screened people for recent HIV infection. A comprehensive approach with a case management component that aimed to remove barriers to accessing care was adopted. Follow-up data on antiretroviral treatment (ART) and HIV-RNA levels were obtained from HIV clinics. TRIP enrolled 45 recently HIV-infected PWID (80% male) with a median viral load at recruitment of 5.43 log10 copies/mL. Of the recently infected persons in TRIP, 87% were linked to care | en |
dc.description.abstract | of these, 77% started ART | en |
dc.description.abstract | and of those on ART, 89% achieved viral load <200 copies/mL. TRIP and its public health allies managed to get most of the recently HIV-infected PWID who were identified by the program into care and many of them onto ART. This resulted in very low HIV-RNA levels. Treatment as prevention can work if individuals are aided in overcoming difficulties in entry to, or attrition from care.Trial registration: Uniform Trial Number identifier: NCT01827228. | en |
dc.source | AIDS Care | en |
dc.source.uri | https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2019.1601671 | |
dc.title | Identifying, linking, and treating people who inject drugs and were recently infected with HIV in the context of a network-based intervention | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/09540121.2019.1601671 | |
dc.description.volume | 31 | |
dc.description.issue | 11 | |
dc.description.startingpage | 1376 | |
dc.description.endingpage | 1383 | |
dc.author.faculty | Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School | |
dc.author.department | Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School | |
dc.type.uhtype | Article | en |
dc.contributor.orcid | Nikolopoulos, Georgios K. [0000-0002-3307-0246] | |
dc.contributor.orcid | Pantavou, Katerina [0000-0002-9176-4369] | |
dc.contributor.orcid | Paraskevis, Dimitrios [0000-0001-6167-7152] | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0002-3307-0246 | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0002-9176-4369 | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0001-6167-7152 | |