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         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 

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Potential geographic "hotspots" for drug-injection related transmission of HIV and HCV and for initiation into injecting drug use in New York City, 2011-2015, with implications for the current opioid epidemic in the US.
Des Jarlais DC, Cooper HLF, Arasteh K, et al
PLoS One. 2018 Mar 29;13(3):e0194799.
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rInfluence of Injection Drug Use-Related HIV Acquisition on CD4 Response to First Antiretroviral Therapy Regimen Among Virally Suppressed Individuals.
Calkins KL, Lesko CR, Chander G,
 et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2018 Mar 1;77(3):317-324.
Abstract

Declining Mortality Rates in HIV-Infected People Who Inject Drugs During a Seek-and-Treat Initiative in Vancouver, Canada, 1996-2014: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Hayashi K, Dong H, Kerr T, et al
J Infect Dis. 2017 Dec 12.
Abstract

Do law enforcement interactions reduce the initiation of injection drug use? An investigation in three North American settings.
Melo JS, Garfein RS, Hayashi K,  et al

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2017 Nov 16
Abstract

Seroprevalence of HCV and HIV infection among clients of the nation's longest-standing statewide syringe exchange program: A cross-sectional study of Community Health Outreach Work to Prevent AIDS (CHOW) Project participants, Hawai'i, 2012.
Salek TP, Katz AR, Lenze SM,
 et
al
Int J Drug Policy
. 2017 Aug 2;48:34
Abstract

Cross-border injection drug use and HIV and hepatitis C virus seropositivity among people who inject drugs in San Diego, California.
Horyniak D, Wagner KD, Armenta RF,  et al

Int J Drug Policy
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2017 Jul 3;47:9-17
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Exchange Sex and HIV Infection Among Women Who Inject Drugs-20 US Cities, 2009.
Nerlander LM, Hess KL, Rose CE,  ry al

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2017 Jul 1;75 Suppl 3:S333-S340
Abstract

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Estimation of the cost-effectiveness of HIV prevention portfolios for people who inject drugs in the United States: A model-based analysis.
Bernard CL, Owens DK, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Brandeau ML.

PLoS Med
. 2017 May 24;14(5):e1002312
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Enduring Consequences From the War on Drugs: How Policing Practices Impact HIV Risk Among People Who Inject Drugs in Baltimore City.
Flath N, Tobin K, King K, Lee A, Latkin C.
Subst Use Misuse. 2017 Mar 20:1-8.
Abstract

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Vital Signs: Trends in HIV Diagnoses, Risk Behaviors, and Prevention Among Persons Who Inject Drugs - United States.
Wejnert C, Hess KL, Hall HI,  et al
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 Dec 2;65(47):1336-1342
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County-Level Vulnerability Assessment for Rapid Dissemination of HIV or HCV Infections Among Persons Who Inject Drugs, United States.
Van Handel MM, Rose CE,  et al
J
Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2016 Nov 1;73(3):323-331.
Abstract

Trends in HIV Infection Among Persons Who Inject Drugs: United States and Puerto Rico, 2008-2013.
Mitsch AJ, Hall HI, Babu AS.

Am J Public Health
. 2016 Sep 15:e1-e8.
Abstract

Acute HIV infection transmission among people who inject drugs in a mature epidemic setting.
Escudero DJ, Lurie MN, Mayer KH, et al
AIDS. 2016 Aug 3
Abstract

HIV Infection Linked to Injection Use of Oxymorphone in Indiana, 2014-2015.
Peters PJ, Pontones P, Hoover KW,  et al
N Engl J Med. 2016 Jul 21;375(3):229-239.
Abstract

Behavioural, Mucosal and Systemic Immune Parameters in HIV-infected and Uninfected Injection Drug Users.
Mehandru S, Deren S, Kang SY, et al
 
J Addict Res Ther
. 2015;6(4):1-8.
Abstract

Understanding the effects of different HIV transmission models in individual-based microsimulation of HIV epidemic dynamics in people who inject drugs.
Monteiro JF, Escudero DJ, Weinreb C, et al
Epidemiol Infect. 2016 Jan 12:1-18.
Abstract

HIV Infection Among People Who Inject Drugs in the United States: Geographically Explained Variance Across Racial and Ethnic Groups.
Linton SL, Cooper HL, Kelley ME,  
Am J Public Health. 2015 Oct 15:e1-e9.
Abstract

Frailty, Inflammation, and Mortality Among Persons Aging With HIV Infection and Injection Drug Use.
Piggott DA, Varadhan R, Mehta SH, et al

J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
. 2015 Sep 18.
Abstract

Dead space in over-the-counter syringes: The implications for HIV and HCV transmission.
Oramasionwu CU, Bailey SC, Moore HN,  et al
Int J Drug Policy. 2015 Aug 13.
Abstract

A Comparison of Men Who Have Sex with Men, People Who Inject Drugs and High-Risk Heterosexuals' Risk for HIV Infection, San Francisco.
Raymond HF, Ick TO, Chen YH.
AIDS Behav. 2015 Sep 3.
Abstract

The Flawed Reliance on Randomized Controlled Trials in Studies of HIV Behavioral Prevention Interventions for People Who Inject Drugs and Other Populations.
Friedman SR, Perlman DC, Ompad DC.
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Subst Use Misuse
. 2015 Jul 29.
Abstract

Individual and neighborhood predictors of mortality among HIV-positive Latinos with history of injection drug use, Florida, 2000-2011.
Sheehan DM, Trepka MJ, Fennie KP, et al

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2015 Jul 16.
Abstract

Gender Differences in Psychosocial Factors Associated with HIV Viral Suppression Among African-American Injection Drug Users.
Robinson AC, Knowlton AR.
AIDS Behav. 2015 Jul 5.
Abstract

A Brief Screening Tool to Assess the Risk of Contracting HIV Infection Among Active Injection Drug Users.
Smith DK, Pan Y, Rose CE,  et al

J Addict Med
. 2015 May-Jun;9(3):226-32.
Abstract

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Community Outbreak of HIV Infection Linked to Injection Drug Use of Oxymorphone - Indiana, 2015.
Conrad C, Bradley HM, Broz D,  et al
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 May 1;64(16):443-444.
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HIV Infection and HIV-Associated Behaviors Among Persons Who Inject Drugs - 20 Cities, United States, 2012.
Spiller MW, Broz D, Wejnert C, et al  
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Mar 20;64(10):270-275.
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Providing ART to HIV Seropositive Persons Who Use Drugs: Progress in New York City, Prospects for "Ending the Epidemic"
Jarlais DC, Arasteh K, McKnight C, et al

AIDS Behav
. 2015 Mar 3.
Abstract

HIV Risk, Health, and Social Characteristics of Sexual Minority Female Injection Drug Users in Baltimore.
German D, Latkin CA.

AIDS Behav
. 2014 Dec 11
Abstract

Differences in HIV risk behaviors among people who inject drugs by gender and sexual orientation, San Francisco, 2012.
Jin H, Huriaux E, Loughran E, Packer T, Raymond HF.

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2014 Dec 1;145C:180-184.
Abstract

Syndemic Vulnerability, Sexual and Injection Risk Behaviors, and HIV Continuum of Care Outcomes in HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users.
Mizuno Y, Purcell DW, Knowlton AR, et al

AIDS Behav
. 2014 Sep 24
Abstract

Differential Risk Factors for HIV Drug and Sex Risk-Taking Among Non-treatment-seeking Hospitalized Injection Drug Users.
Crooks D, Tsui J, Anderson B,  et al

AIDS Behav
. 2014 Jul 26.
Abstract

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HIV Infection and Risk, Prevention, and Testing Behaviors Among Injecting Drug Users - National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, 20 U.S. Cities, 2009.
Broz D, Wejnert C, Pham HT,  et al

MMWR Surveill Summ
. 2014 Jul 4;63 Suppl 6:1-51.
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HIV Infection and Risk, Prevention, and Testing Behaviors Among Injecting Drug Users - National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, 20 U.S. Cities, 2009.
Broz D, Wejnert C, Pham HT,  et al

MMWR Surveill Summ
. 2014 Jul 4;63 Suppl 6:1-51.
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Estimating the Number of Persons Who Inject Drugs in the United States by Meta-Analysis to Calculate National Rates of HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Infections.
Lansky A, Finlayson T, Johnson C, et al

PLoS On
e
. 2014 May 19;9(5):e97596.
Paper

Risk behaviors for HIV in sexual partnerships of San Francisco injection drug users.
Chen YH, McFarland W, Raymond HF.
AIDS Care. 2014 May;26(5):554-8.
Abstract

Active Injection Drug-Abuse Offsets Healthcare Engagement in HIV-Infected Patients.
Liappis AP, Laake AM, Delman M.

AIDS Behav
. 2014 Apr 8.
Abstract

Prevalence of HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Viral Hepatitis by Urbanicity, Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, Injection Drug Users, and Heterosexuals in the United States.
Oster AM, Sternberg M, Nebenzahl S,  et al
Sex Transm Dis. 2014 Apr;41(4):272-9.
Abstract

Substance Abuse Treatment Utilization, HIV Risk Behaviors, and Recruitment Among Suburban Injection Drug Users in Long Island, New York.
Watson CA, Weng CX, French T,  et al
AIDS Behav. 2014 Apr;18(Supplement 3):305-315.
Abstract

Substance Abuse Treatment Utilization, HIV Risk Behaviors, and Recruitment Among Suburban Injection Drug Users in Long Island, New York.
Watson CA, Weng CX, French T,  et al

AIDS Behav
. 2014 Apr;18(Supplement 3):305-315.
Abstract

Prevention And Treatment Produced Large Decreases In HIV Incidence In A Model Of People Who Inject Drugs.
Marshall BD, Friedman SR, Monteiro JF,  et al
Health Aff (Millwood). 2014 Mar;33(3):401-9.
Abstract

Impact of defined clinical population and missing data on temporal trends in HIV viral load estimation within a health care system.
Edelman E, Tate J, Fiellin D,  et al
HIV Med. 2015 Feb 17.
Abstract

Participant and Staff Experiences in a Peer-Delivered HIV Intervention with Injection Drug Users.
Kostick KM, Weeks M, Mosher H.
J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2014 Feb;9(1):6-18
Abstract

Use of Latent Class Analysis Approach to Describe Drug and Sexual HIV Risk Patterns among Injection Drug Users in Houston, Texas.
Noor SW, Ross MW, Lai D, Risser JM.

AIDS Behav
. 2014 Feb 8.
Abstract

Physical abuse is associated with HIV-related drug risk.
Reddy MK, Anderson BJ, Liebschutz J, Stein MD.
Addict Behav. 2014 Feb 5.
Abstract

Do metropolitan HIV epidemic histories and programs for people who inject drugs and men who have sex with men predict AIDS incidence and mortality among heterosexuals?
Friedman SR, West BS, Tempalski B, et al
Ann Epidemiol. 2014 Jan 24.

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Combined HIV Prevention, the New York City Condom Distribution Program, and the Evolution of Safer Sex Behavior Among Persons Who Inject Drugs in New York City.
Des Jarlais DC, Arasteh K, McKnight C, et al

AIDS Behav
. 2013 Nov 24.
Abstract

Trends in Early Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy and Characteristics of Persons With HIV Initiating Therapy in San Francisco, 2007-2011.
Hsu LC, Truong HH, Vittinghoff E, et al

J Infect Dis
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2013 Dec 4.
 
Abstract

Prevalence of HIV Infection and Risk Behaviors Among Younger and Older Injecting Drug Users in the United States, 2009.
Broz D, Pham H, Spiller M,  et al 

AIDS Behav
. 2013 Nov 16.
Abstract

Seroprevalence of HIV, Hepatitis B Virus, and HCV Among Injection Drug Users in Connecticut: Understanding Infection and Coinfection Risks in a Nonurban Population.
Akselrod H, Grau LE, Barbour R, Heimer R.
Am J Public Health. 2013 Oct 17.

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Drug and sexual HIV risk behaviors related to knowledge of HIV serostatus among injection drug users in Houston, Texas.
Noor SW, Ross MW, Lai D, Risser JM.

Int J STD AIDS
. 2013 Jul 24.
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Reductions in HIV/STI Incidence and Sharing of Injection Equipment among Female Sex Workers Who Inject Drugs: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Strathdee SA, Abramovitz D, Lozada R,
 et aj 
PLoS One
. 2013 Jun 13;8(6):e65812.
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Racial Disparities in HIV Prevalence and Risk Behaviors Among Injection Drug Users and Members of Their Risk Networks.
Williams C, Eisenberg M, Becher J, et al

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2013 Jun;63 Suppl 1:S90-4
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Dual HIV Risk: Receptive Syringe Sharing and Unprotected Sex Among HIV-Negative Injection Drug Users in New York City.
Neaigus A, Reilly KH, Jenness SM,  et al
AIDS Behav. 2013 May 3
Abstract

A connectivity model for assessment of HIV transmission risk in injection drug users (IDUs).
Flaer PJ, Cistone PJ, Younis MZ, Parkash J.

Eval Program Plann
. 2013 Mar 18;39C:23-27.
Abstract

Association Between Risk Behaviors and Antiretroviral Resistance in HIV-Infected Patients Receiving Opioid Agonist Treatment.
Tetrault JM, Kozal MJ, Chiarella J,   et al

J Addict Med
. 2013 Mar-Apr;7(2):102-7.
Abstract

Sexual HIV/HSV-2 Risk Among Drug Users in New York City: An HIV Testing and Counseling Intervention.
Pantin M, Leonard NR, Hagan H.

Subst Use Misuse
. 2013 Mar 25.
Abstract

Differences in HIV risk behavior of injection drug users in New York City by health care setting.
Turner AK, Harripersaud K, Crawford ND,  et al

AIDS Care
. 2013 Mar 1.
Abstract

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Frailty, HIV Infection, and Mortality in an Aging Cohort of Injection Drug Users.
Piggott DA, Muzaale AD, Mehta SH, et al

PLoS One
. 2013;8(1):e54910.
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The dynamic relationship between social norms and behaviors: the results of an HIV prevention network intervention for injection drug users.
Latkin C, Donnell D, Liu TY,  et al
Addiction. 2013 Jan 30
Abstract

The effect of HIV infection on longitudinal lung function decline among injection drug users: a prospective cohort.
Drummond MB, Merlo CA, Astemborski J, et al  

AIDS
. 2013 Jan 5.
Abstract

Changes in sexual and drug-related risk behavior following antiretroviral therapy initiation among HIV-infected injection drug users.
Fu TC, Westergaard RP, Lau B, et al
AIDS. 2012 Nov 28;26(18):2383-91
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Network Structure and the Risk for HIV Transmission Among Rural Drug Users.
Young AM, Jonas AB, Mullins UL,  et al 
AIDS Behav. 2012 Nov 27.
Abstract

Substance Abuse Treatment, HIV/AIDS, and the Continuum of Response for People Who Inject Drugs.
Kresina TF, Lubran R, Clark HW, Cheever LW.

Adv Prev Med
. 2012;2012:541489.
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Clustered drug and sexual HIV risk among a sample of middle-aged injection drug users, Houston, Texas.
Noor SW, Ross MW, Lai D, Risser JM.
AIDS Care. 2012 Oct 24.
Abstract

Changes in Sexual and Drug-Related Risk Behavior Following Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation among HIV-Infected Injection Drug Users.
Fu TC, Westergaard RP, Lau B,  et al

AIDS
. 2012 Oct 17
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Cost Effectiveness of Screening Strategies for Early Identification of HIV and HCV Infection in Injection Drug Users.
Cipriano LE, Zaric GS, Holodniy M,et al
PLoS One. 2012;7(9):e45176
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Assessing the Assumptions of Respondent-Driven Sampling in the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System among Injecting Drug Users.
Lansky A, Drake A, Wejnert C, Pham H,
 et al
Open AIDS J
. 2012;6:77-82.
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Non-Injection and Injection Drug Use and STI/HIV Risk in the United States: The Degree to which Sexual Risk Behaviors Versus Sex with an STI-Infected Partner Account for Infection Transmission among Drug Users.
Khan MR, Berger A, Hemberg J,  et al/
A
AIDS Beha
v
. 2012 Aug 14
Abstract

Social Support Networks and Primary Care Use by HIV-Infected Drug Users.
Ramaswamy M, Kelly PJ, Li X, et al 

J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care
. 2012 Aug 4.
Abstract

Temporal Trends in Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation among Injection Drug Users in Baltimore, Maryland, 1996-2008.
Mehta SH, Kirk GD, Astemborski J, et al
Clin Infect Dis
. 2010 May 7.
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Cross sectional analysis of respiratory symptoms in an injection drug user cohort: the impact of obstructive lung disease and HIV.
Drummond MB, Kirk GD, Ricketts EP,  et al
BMC Pulm Med
. 2010 May 11;10(1):27.
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         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 

The need for HIV care linkage through syringe exchange in Baltimore, Maryland
J. Han, C. Serio-Chapman, S. Sherman, P. Chaulk
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Behavioural influences on immunological proliferation among HIV-positive (HIV+) and HIV-negative (HIV-) injecting drug users
S. Deren, M. Markowitz, S. Mehandru, S.-Y. Kang
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Modeling the impact of implementing a seek, test, treat and retain (STTR) strategy to halt the HIV epidemic within the criminal justice system (CJS) in different regions in the U.S.
V. Lima, A. Spaulding, B. Kim,et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
Spatial regression of HIV prevalence among injecting drug users in San Francisco: observed changes after expansion of access to retroviral drugs
A. Martinez, L. Mobley, J. Lorvick, et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
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