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Homelessness and other risk factors for HIV infection in the current outbreak among injection drug users in Athens, Greece

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  • Sypsa, V.
  • Paraskevis, D.
  • Malliori, M.
  • Nikolopoulos, G.K.
  • Panopoulos, A.
  • Kantzanou, M.
  • Katsoulidou, A.
  • Psichogiou, M.
  • Fotiou, A.
  • Pharris, A.
  • Van De Laar, M.
  • Wiessing, L.
  • Des Jarlais, D.
  • Friedman, S.R.
  • Hatzakis, A.

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Objectives: We examined HIV prevalence and risk factors among injection drug users (IDUs) in Athens, Greece, during an HIV outbreak. Methods: We used respondent-driven sampling (RDS) to recruit 1404 IDUs to the Aristotle intervention in August to October 2012. We interviewed participants and tested for HIV. We performed bivariate and multivariate analyses. Results: Estimated HIV prevalence was 19.8% (RDS-weighted prevalence = 14.8%). Odds of infection were 2.3 times as high in homeless as in housed IDUs and 2.1 times as high among IDUs who injected at least once per day as among less frequent injectors (both, P

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  • Sypsa, V. & Paraskevis, D. & Malliori, M. & Nikolopoulos, G.K. & Panopoulos, A. & Kantzanou, M. & Katsoulidou, A. & Psichogiou, M. & Fotiou, A. & Pharris, A. & Van De Laar, M. & Wiessing, L. & Des Jar, 2015. "Homelessness and other risk factors for HIV infection in the current outbreak among injection drug users in Athens, Greece," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 105(1), pages 196-204.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2013.301656_5
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301656
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    1. Georgios K Nikolopoulos & Anastasios Fotiou & Eleftheria Kanavou & Clive Richardson & Marios Detsis & Anastasia Pharris & Jonathan E Suk & Jan C Semenza & Claudia Costa-Storti & Dimitrios Paraskevis &, 2015. "National Income Inequality and Declining GDP Growth Rates Are Associated with Increases in HIV Diagnoses among People Who Inject Drugs in Europe: A Panel Data Analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(4), pages 1-13, April.

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