<?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%">Psichogiou, M</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Giallouros, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pantavou, K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pavlitina, E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Papadopoulou, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Williams, L. D.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hadjikou, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kakalou, E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Skoutelis, A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Protopapas, K</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antoniadou, A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Boulmetis, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paraskevis, D</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hatzakis, A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Friedman, S. R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nikolopoulos, G K</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Identifying, linking, and treating people who inject drugs and were recently infected with HIV in the context of a network-based intervention</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AIDS CareAIDS CareAIDS Care</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AIDS care</style></alt-title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AIDS careAIDS care</style></short-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Continuum of care</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Hiv</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*outbreak</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*recent HIV infection</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*social network</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*treatment cascade</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adult</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anti-HIV Agents/*therapeutic use</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Disease Outbreaks</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Greece/epidemiology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">HIV Infections/*complications/*drug therapy/epidemiology</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 Reduction Behavior</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Substance Abuse, Intravenous/complications/*diagnosis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Viral Load</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%">Nov</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></number><edition><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019/04/04</style></edition><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">31</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1376-1383</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0954-0121</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">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 &lt;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.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">30939897</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">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.</style></notes><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PMC6818705</style></custom2><custom6><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NIHMS1056360</style></custom6><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">First Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, &quot;Laiko&quot; General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Athens , Greece.Medical School, University of Cyprus , Nicosia , Cyprus.Transmission Reduction Intervention Project, Athens site , Athens , Greece.National Development and Research Institutes , New York City , NY , USA.European University Cyprus , Nicosia , Cyprus.General Hospital of Athens &quot;Evangelismos&quot; , Athens , Greece.Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University General Hospital &quot;Attikon&quot;, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Athens , Greece.&quot;Agioi Anargyroi&quot; General Hospital , Athens , Greece.Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Athens , Greece.</style></auth-address><remote-database-provider><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NLM</style></remote-database-provider></record></records></xml>