@article {20369,
	title = {Identifying, linking, and treating people who inject drugs and were recently infected with HIV in the context of a network-based intervention},
	journal = {AIDS CareAIDS CareAIDS Care},
	volume = {31},
	number = {11},
	year = {2019},
	note = {1360-0451Psichogiou, MinaGiallouros, GeorgePantavou, KaterinaPavlitina, EiriniPapadopoulou, MarthaWilliams, Leslie DHadjikou, AndriaKakalou, EleniSkoutelis, AthanasiosProtopapas, KonstantinosAntoniadou, AnastasiaBoulmetis, GeorgeParaskevis, DimitriosHatzakis, AngelosFriedman, Samuel RNikolopoulos, Georgios KDP1 DA034989/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United StatesJournal ArticleResearch Support, N.I.H., ExtramuralEnglandAIDS Care. 2019 Nov;31(11):1376-1383. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2019.1601671. Epub 2019 Apr 2.},
	month = {Nov},
	pages = {1376-1383},
	edition = {2019/04/04},
	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 log(10) copies/mL. Of the recently infected persons in TRIP, 87\% were linked to care; of these, 77\% started ART; 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.},
	keywords = {*Continuum of care, *Hiv, *outbreak, *recent HIV infection, *social network, *treatment cascade, Adult, Anti-HIV Agents/*therapeutic use, Disease Outbreaks, Female, Greece/epidemiology, HIV Infections/*complications/*drug therapy/epidemiology, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Reduction Behavior, Substance Abuse, Intravenous/complications/*diagnosis, Viral Load},
	isbn = {0954-0121},
	author = {Psichogiou, M and Giallouros, G. and Pantavou, K. and Pavlitina, E. and Papadopoulou, M. and Williams, L. D. and Hadjikou, A. and Kakalou, E. and Skoutelis, A and Protopapas, K and Antoniadou, A and Boulmetis, G. and Paraskevis, D and Hatzakis, A and Friedman, S. R. and Nikolopoulos, G K}
}
