<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Korobchuk, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Davtyan, H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Denisiuk, O.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zachariah, R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nikolopoulos, G K</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paraskevis, D</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Skaathun, B.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Schneider, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vasylyeva, T. I.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Williams, L. D.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Smyrnov, P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Friedman, S. R.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">People with high HIV viral load within risk networks: who are these people and who refers them best?</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J Infect Dev CtriesJ Infect Dev CtriesJ Infect Dev Ctries</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of infection in developing countries</style></alt-title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of infection in developing countriesJournal of infection in developing countries</style></short-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Disease Transmission, Infectious</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*high viral load</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*people with high viral load</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Phvl</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*risk network</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Ukraine</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*venues</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Viral Load</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adult</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cities/epidemiology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">HIV Infections/epidemiology/*transmission/*virology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">HIV/*isolation &amp; purification</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Middle Aged</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Risk Assessment</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sexual Behavior</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Substance Abuse, Intravenous/complications</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ukraine/epidemiology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Young Adult</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jul</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7 Suppl</style></number><edition><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019/10/09</style></edition><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">103s-110s</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2036-6590 (Print)1972-2680</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">INTRODUCTION: Viral load is one of the most important determinants for HIV transmission. Identification of people with high viral load (PHVL) can be effective in limiting onward HIV transmission. In order to improve the identification of these individuals within risk networks, we determined a) the number of PHVL recruited through risk networks b) their socio-demographic, behavioural and clinical characteristics and c) the characteristics of individuals who referred these PHVL to the study. METHODOLOGY: From November 2013 to March 2016, in Odessa, Ukraine, Transmission Reduction Intervention Project (TRIP) was implemented to identify people recently infected with HIV within the risk networks of &quot;seeds&quot; and &quot;venues&quot; where they engaged in risk behaviour. RESULTS: TRIP identified 53 PHVL, of whom 32 (60%) injected drugs; 42 (79%) were unaware of their HIV status; 25 (47%) had more than one sex partner, and only 14 (26%) were using condoms. There were 164 people who referred individuals into the study; 33 of them (20%) referred PHVL. In terms of referrers, those with lower than secondary level of education, not living with a sex partner, and reporting regular condom use were significantly more likely (p &lt; 0.05) to refer PHVL. Most PHVL (38, 72%) and their referrers (27, 82%) were found through venues. CONCLUSIONS: In Odessa city, PHVL are at high risk of transmitting HIV as the majority inject drugs, do not know their HIV status, and have unprotected sex and/or multiple partners. Targeting these individuals for HIV prevention, harm reduction and initiation of antiretroviral treatment (ART) is urgent.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">31592313</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1972-2680Korobchuk, AnnaDavtyan, HaykDenisiuk, OlgaZachariah, RonyNikolopoulos, Georgios KParaskevis, DimitriosSkaathun, BrittSchneider, JohnVasylyeva, Tetyana IWilliams, Leslie DSmyrnov, PavloFriedman, Samuel RR21 AI118998/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United StatesR01 DA033875/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United StatesP30 DA011041/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States001/WHO_/World Health Organization/InternationalT32 AI007384/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United StatesDP1 DA034989/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United StatesJournal ArticleResearch Support, N.I.H., ExtramuralResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.J Infect Dev Ctries. 2019 Jul;13(7 Suppl):103S-110S. doi: 10.3855/jidc.11273.</style></notes><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PMC6779172</style></custom2><custom6><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NIHMS1052866</style></custom6><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alliance for Public Health, Kyiv, Ukraine.TB Research and Prevention Center, Yerevan, Armenia.Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.Department of Hygiene Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.Division of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, California, United States.Department of Medicine and Center for HIV Elimination, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.National Development and Research Institutes, Department of Population Health, NYU Medical School, New York, United States.</style></auth-address><remote-database-provider><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NLM</style></remote-database-provider></record></records></xml>