ARISTOTLE program (2012-2013)

A seek-test-treat intervention to decrease HIV/AIDS transmission among people who inject drugs during an HIV outbreak in Athens, Greece.
The program was included in the “Compendium of Good Practices on response to HIV in WHO European Region” in 2018
Papers related to the HIV outbreak in Athens and ARISTOTLE program
  1. D. Paraskevis, G. Nikolopoulos, C. Tsiara, D. Paraskeva, A. Antoniadou, M. Lazanas, P. Gargalianos, M. Psychogiou, M. Malliori, J. Kremastinou, A. Hatzakis, HIV-1 outbreak among injecting drug users in Greece, 2011: a preliminary report. Euro Surveill 16,  (2011)
  2. D. Paraskevis, G. Nikolopoulos, A. Fotiou, C. Tsiara, D. Paraskeva, V. Sypsa, M. Lazanas, P. Gargalianos, M. Psichogiou, A. Skoutelis, L. Wiessing, S. R. Friedman, D. C. Jarlais, M. Terzidou, J. Kremastinou, M. Malliori, A. Hatzakis, Economic recession and emergence of an HIV-1 outbreak among drug injectors in Athens metropolitan area: a longitudinal study. PLoS One 8, e78941 (2013)
  3. V. Sypsa, D. Paraskevis, M. Malliori, G. K. Nikolopoulos, A. Panopoulos, M. Kantzanou, A. Katsoulidou, M. Psichogiou, A. Fotiou, A. Pharris, M. Van De Laar, L. Wiessing, D. D. Jarlais, S. R. Friedman, A. Hatzakis, Homelessness and Other Risk Factors for HIV Infection in the Current Outbreak Among Injection Drug Users in Athens, Greece. American journal of public health 105, 196-204 (2015)
  4. A. Hatzakis, V. Sypsa, D. Paraskevis, G. Nikolopoulos, C. Tsiara, K. Micha, A. Panopoulos, M. Malliori, M. Psichogiou, A. Pharris, L. Wiessing, M. van de Laar, M. Donoghoe, D. D. Heckathorn, S. R. Friedman, D. C. Des Jarlais, Design and baseline findings of a large-scale rapid response to an HIV outbreak in people who inject drugs in Athens, Greece: the ARISTOTLE programme. Addiction 110, 1453-1467 (2015)
  5.  M. A. Tsang, J. A. Schneider, V. Sypsa, P. Schumm, G. K. Nikolopoulos, D. Paraskevis, S. R. Friedman, M. Malliori, A. Hatzakis, Network Characteristics of People Who Inject Drugs Within a New HIV Epidemic Following Austerity in Athens, Greece. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes 69, 499-508 (2015)
  6. D. Paraskevis, S. Paraschiv, V. Sypsa, G. Nikolopoulos, C. Tsiara, G. Magiorkinis, M. Psichogiou, A. Flampouris, M. Mardarescu, I. Niculescu, I. Batan, M. Malliori, D. Otelea, A. Hatzakis, Enhanced HIV-1 surveillance using molecular epidemiology to study and monitor HIV-1 outbreaks among intravenous drug users (IDUs) in Athens and Bucharest. Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases 35, 109-121 (2015)
  7. V. Sypsa, M. Psichogiou, D. Paraskevis, G. Nikolopoulos, C. Tsiara, D. Paraskeva, K. Micha, M. Malliori, A. Pharris, L. Wiessing, M. Donoghoe, S. Friedman, D. D. Jarlais, G. Daikos, A. Hatzakis, Rapid Decline in HIV Incidence Among Persons Who Inject Drugs During a Fast-Track Combination Prevention Program After an HIV Outbreak in Athens. J Infect Dis 215, 1496-1505 (2017)
  8. Kostaki, G. Magiorkinis, M. Psichogiou, A. Flampouris, P. Iliopoulos, E. Papachristou, G. L. Daikos, S. Bonovas, D. Otelea, S. R. Friedman, A. Hatzakis, D. Paraskevis, Detailed Molecular Surveillance of the HIV-1 Outbreak Among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Athens During a Period of Four Years. Current HIV research,  (2017)
  9. D. Paraskevis, E. Kostaki, G. K. Nikolopoulos, V. Sypsa, M. Psichogiou, J. Del Amo, I. Hodges-Mameletzis, D. Paraskeva, A. Skoutelis, M. Malliori, L. Williams, S. R. Friedman, G. L. Daikos, A. Hatzakis, Molecular Tracing of the Geographical Origin of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection and Patterns of Epidemic Spread Among Migrants Who Inject Drugs in Athens. Clin Infect Dis 65, 2078-2084 (2017)
  10. D. Paraskevis, G. K. Nikolopoulos, V. Sypsa, M. Psichogiou, K. Pantavou, E. Kostaki, T. Karamitros, D. Paraskeva, J. Schneider, M. Malliori, S. R. Friedman, D. C. Des Jarlais, G. L. Daikos, A. Hatzakis, Molecular investigation of HIV-1 cross-group transmissions during an outbreak among people who inject drugs (2011-2014) in Athens, Greece. Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases 62, 11-16 (2018)
  11. I. D. Pavlopoulou, S. K. Dikalioti, I. Gountas, V. Sypsa, M. Malliori, K. Pantavou, D. D. Jarlais, G. K. Nikolopoulos, A. Hatzakis, High-risk behaviors and their association with awareness of HIV status among participants of a large-scale prevention intervention in Athens, Greece. BMC public health 20, 105 (2020); published online EpubJan 28 (10.1186/s12889-020-8178-y).

Details

Timespan: 

August, 2012 to December, 2013

Status: 

Completed