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         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Measuring risk of HIV and HCV among injecting drug users in the Russian Federation.
Platt L, Sutton AJ, Vickerman P, et al
 
Eur J Public Health
. 2009 Apr 5.
Abstract
 
Paradoxes in antiretroviral treatment for injecting drug users: access, adherence and structural barriers in Asia and the former Soviet Union
Wolfe D.  

Int J Drug Policy.
2007 Aug;18(4):246-54
Abstract

Can home-made injectable opiates contribute to the HIV epidemic among injection drug users in the countries of the former Soviet Union?
Abdala N, Grund JP, Tolstov Y, et al
Addiction. 2006 May;101(5):731-7

Abstract


Bulgaria
       

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Needle exchange use, sexual risk behaviour, and the prevalence of HIV, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus infections among Bulgarian injection drug users.
Vassilev ZP, Hagan H, Lyubenova A, Tomov N, et al
Int J STD AIDS. 2006 Sep;17(9):621-6.
Abstract

Estonia
       

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Risk for Heterosexual HIV Transmission Among Non-Injecting Female Partners of Injection Drug Users in Estonia
Uusküla A, McMahon JM, Kals M, et al

AIDS Behav
. 2011 Oct 30
Abstract

The HIV prevention needs of injection drug users in Estonia.
Wilson TE, Sharma A, Zilmer K, et al 
Int J STD AIDS. 2007 Jun;18(6):389-91
Abstract
 

Methods to Recruit Hard-to-Reach Groups: Comparing Two Chain Referral Sampling Methods of Recruiting Injecting Drug Users Across Nine Studies in Russia and Estonia.
Platt L, Wall M, Rhodes T, et al  

J Urban Health. 2
006 Nov 10;
Abstract

High HIV prevalence among injecting drug users in Estonia: implications for understanding the risk environment
Platt L, Bobrova N, Rhodes T, Uuskula A, et al

AIDS.
2006 Oct 24;20(16):2120-2123

Abstract


Georgia
       

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Not all injection drug users are created equal: heterogeneity of HIV, hepatitis C virus, and hepatitis B virus infection in Georgia.
Kuniholm MH, Aladashvili M, Rio CD, et al  

Subst Use Misuse.
2008;43(10):1424-37.

Abstract

Kazakhstan
       

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  HIV Among Injection Drug Users and Their Intimate Partners in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
El-Bassel N, Gilbert L, Terlikbayeva A,  et al

AIDS Behav
. 2013 Apr 24
Abstract

An HIV Type 1 Subtype A Outbreak among Injecting Drug Users in Kazakhstan.
Bobkov AF, Kazennova EV, Sukhanova AL, et al

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2004 Oct;20(10):1134-6.
Abstract


Russia/Russian Federation
       

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Contraceptive Use Among HIV-Infected Females with History of Injection Drug Use in St. Petersburg, Russia.
West BS, Cheng DM, Toussova O, et a
 
AIDS Beha
v
. 2017 Nov 23
Abstract

Correlates of Double Risk of HIV Acquisition and Transmission Among Women who Inject Drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Girchenko P, King EJ.
AIDS Behav. 2017 Feb 9.
Abstract

Fatal and non-fatal overdose after narcology hospital discharge among Russians living with HIV/AIDS who inject drugs.
Walley AY, Cheng DM, Quinn EK, et al

 Int J Drug Policy
. 2016 Nov 28;39:114-120.

Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HIV incidence and behavioral correlates of HIV acquisition in a cohort of injection drug users in St Petersburg, Russia.
Kozlov AP, Skochilov RV, Toussova OV,  et al

Medicine (
Baltimore)
. 2016 Nov;95(44):e5238
.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Sexual violence from police and HIV risk behaviours among HIV-positive women who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia - a mixed methods study
Lunze K, Raj A, Cheng DM, et al

J Int AIDS Soc
. 2016 Jul 18;19(4 Suppl 3):20877.
Paper

Internalized HIV and Drug Stigmas: Interacting Forces Threatening Health Status and Health Service Utilization Among People with HIV Who Inject Drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Calabrese SK, Burke SE, Dovidio JF, et al

AIDS Behav
. 2015 Jun 7
Abstract

Taking care of themselves: how long-term injection drug users remain HIV and Hepatitis C free.
Meylakhs P, Friedman SR, Mateu-Gelabert P, .et al 
Sociol Health Illn. 2015 Feb 16.

Abstract

Molecular epidemiological analysis of the HIV infection in the Blagoveshchensk and Khabarovsk Area (Russian Far East
[No authors listed]
Vopr Virusol. 2014 Jul-Aug;59(4):31-6.
Abstract

Using social network methods to reach out-of-care or ART-nonadherent HIV+ injection drug users in Russia: addressing a gap in the treatment cascade.
Amirkhanian Y, Kelly J, Kuznetsova A, et al
J Int AIDS Soc. 2014 Nov 2;17(4 Suppl 3):19594.

Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE

Punitive policing and associated substance use risks among HIV-positive people in Russia who inject drugs.
Lunze K, Raj A, Cheng DM, et al

J Int AIDS Soc
. 2014 Jul 9;17(1):19043.
Paper

Risk factors for recent nonfatal overdose among HIV-infected Russians who inject drugs.
Walley AY, Cheng DM, Coleman SM, et al

AIDS Care
. 2014 Jan 2
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The feasibility of an intensive case management program for injection drug users on antiretroviral therapy in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Shaboltas AV, Skochilov RV, Brown LB, et al

Harm Reduct J
. 2013 Sep 5;10(1):15.\
Paper

A Peer-Educator Network HIV Prevention Intervention Among Injection Drug Users: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Hoffman IF, Latkin CA, Kukhareva PV,  et al |
AIDS Behav. 2013 Jul 2

Abstract

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Individual-level, network-level and city-level factors associated with HIV prevalence among people who inject drugs in eight Russian cities: a cross-sectional study.
Eritsyan K, Heimer R, Barbour R,  et al

BMJ Open
. 2013 Jun 20;3(6).
Paper

HIV transmission from drug injectors to partners who do not inject, and beyond: Modelling the potential for a generalized heterosexual epidemic in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Mills HL, White E, Colijn C, et al

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2013 May 18
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Access to syringes for HIV prevention for injection drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia: syringe purchase test study.
Fedorova EV, Skochilov RV, Heimer R,et al

BMC Public Health
. 2013 Mar 1;13(1):183.
Paper

FULL-TEXT  ARTICLE
HIV Prevention and Rehabilitation Models for Women Who Inject Drugs in Russia and Ukraine.
Yorick R, Skipalska H, Suvorova S,
Adv Prev Med. 2012;2012:316871. 
Paper

HIV-prevalence and risk behavior among injection drug users and their sex-partners in two Russian cities.
Eritsyan K, Levina O, White E, et al

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
. 2012 Nov 27
Abstract


Ukraine
 
     

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
The potential for bridging: HIV status awareness and risky sexual behaviour of injection drug users who have non-injecting permanent partners in Ukraine.
Mazhnaya A, Andreeva TI, Samuels S,  et al

J Int AIDS Soc
. 2014 Feb 17;17(1):18825.
Abstract

Law Enforcement Practices Associated with HIV Infection Among Injection Drug Users in Odessa, Ukraine.
Booth RE, Dvoryak S, Sung-Joon M, et al

AIDS Behav
. 2013 Jun 11.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT  ARTICLE
HIV Prevention and Rehabilitation Models for Women Who Inject Drugs in Russia and Ukraine.
Yorick R, Skipalska H, Suvorova S,
Adv Prev Med. 2012;2012:316871. 
Paper

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV among pregnant women using injecting drugs in Ukraine, 2000-2010.
Thorne C, Semenenko I, Malyuta R
Addiction
. 2011 Aug 5.

Abstract

"We fear the police, and the police fear us": structural and individual barriers and facilitators to HIV medication adherence among injection drug users in Kiev, Ukraine.
Mimiaga MJ, Safren SA, Dvoryak S,  et al

AIDS Care
. 2010 Jul 16:1-9
Abstract

HIV treatment access and scale-up for delivery of opiate substitution therapy with buprenorphine for IDUs in Ukraine--programme description and policy implications.
Bruce RD, Dvoryak S, Sylla L, Altice FL.
 
Int J Drug Policy.
2007 Aug;18(4):326-8.
Abstract
 

Predictors of risky needle use following interventions with injection drug users in Ukraine.
Booth RE, Kwiatkowski CF, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006 Apr;82 Suppl 1:S49-55.
Abstract

A Situational Picture of HIV/AIDS and Injection Drug Use in Vinnitsya, Ukraine.
Barcal K , Schumacher JE , Dumchev K , Moroz LV 
Harm Reduct J. 2005 Sep 15;2(1):16
Abstract
 

 
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