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SUBMITTER: Sypsa V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4145040 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sypsa Vana V Paraskevis Dimitrios D Malliori Meni M Nikolopoulos Georgios K GK Panopoulos Anastasios A Kantzanou Maria M Katsoulidou Antigoni A Psichogiou Mina M Fotiou Anastasios A Pharris Anastasia A Van De Laar Marita M Wiessing Lucas L Jarlais Don Des DD Friedman Samuel R SR Hatzakis Angelos A
American journal of public health 20150101 1
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 hou ...[more]