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dc.contributor.authorNikolopoulos, Georgios K.en
dc.contributor.authorPsichogiou, Minaen
dc.contributor.authorGiallouros, Georgeen
dc.contributor.authorPantavou, Katerinaen
dc.contributor.authorPavlitina, Eirinien
dc.contributor.authorPapadopoulou, Marthaen
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Leslie D.en
dc.contributor.authorHadjikou, Andriaen
dc.contributor.authorKakalou, Elenien
dc.contributor.authorSkoutelis, Athanasiosen
dc.contributor.authorProtopapas, Konstantinosen
dc.contributor.authorAntoniadou, Anastasiaen
dc.contributor.authorBoulmetis, Georgeen
dc.contributor.authorParaskevis, Dimitriosen
dc.contributor.authorHatzakis, Angelosen
dc.contributor.authorFriedman, Samuel R.en
dc.creatorNikolopoulos, Georgios K.en
dc.creatorPsichogiou, Minaen
dc.creatorGiallouros, Georgeen
dc.creatorPantavou, Katerinaen
dc.creatorPavlitina, Eirinien
dc.creatorPapadopoulou, Marthaen
dc.creatorWilliams, Leslie D.en
dc.creatorHadjikou, Andriaen
dc.creatorKakalou, Elenien
dc.creatorSkoutelis, Athanasiosen
dc.creatorProtopapas, Konstantinosen
dc.creatorAntoniadou, Anastasiaen
dc.creatorBoulmetis, Georgeen
dc.creatorParaskevis, Dimitriosen
dc.creatorHatzakis, Angelosen
dc.creatorFriedman, Samuel R.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-23T14:38:24Z
dc.date.available2021-02-23T14:38:24Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn0954-0121
dc.identifier.urihttp://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/64084
dc.description.abstractIdentifying 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 careen
dc.description.abstractof these, 77% started ARTen
dc.description.abstractand 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.sourceAIDS Careen
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2019.1601671
dc.titleIdentifying, linking, and treating people who inject drugs and were recently infected with HIV in the context of a network-based interventionen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09540121.2019.1601671
dc.description.volume31
dc.description.issue11
dc.description.startingpage1376
dc.description.endingpage1383
dc.author.facultyΙατρική Σχολή / Medical School
dc.author.departmentΙατρική Σχολή / Medical School
dc.type.uhtypeArticleen
dc.contributor.orcidNikolopoulos, Georgios K. [0000-0002-3307-0246]
dc.contributor.orcidPantavou, Katerina [0000-0002-9176-4369]
dc.contributor.orcidParaskevis, Dimitrios [0000-0001-6167-7152]
dc.gnosis.orcid0000-0002-3307-0246
dc.gnosis.orcid0000-0002-9176-4369
dc.gnosis.orcid0000-0001-6167-7152


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