2021
Design and implementation of a cohort study of persons living with HIV infection who are initiating medication treatment for opioid use disorder to evaluate HIV-1 persistence
Schultheis A, Sanchez M, Pedersen S, Kyriakides T, Ho YC, Kluger Y, Springer SA. Design and implementation of a cohort study of persons living with HIV infection who are initiating medication treatment for opioid use disorder to evaluate HIV-1 persistence. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2021, 24: 100866. PMID: 34825103, PMCID: PMC8605182, DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2021.100866.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOpioid use disorderHIV-1 persistenceHIV persistenceCohort studyHIV infectionMedication treatmentLimited bloodUse disordersProviral landscapeDSM-5 opioid-use disordersExtended-release naltrexoneProspective cohort studyHIV-1 expressionPartial agonist buprenorphineLongitudinal studyHIV continuumMonth 3Clonal expansion dynamicsMOUDDifferential biological effectsStudy participantsHIVMolecular virologyBloodBuprenorphine
2002
Surveillance of HIV in the army of the Republic of Cyprus (SHARC); rationale, design, and implementation of an inexpensive system
Kyriakides T, Eleftheriou A, Michaelides N, Papantoniou L. Surveillance of HIV in the army of the Republic of Cyprus (SHARC); rationale, design, and implementation of an inexpensive system. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2002, 78: 50. PMID: 11872860, PMCID: PMC1763710, DOI: 10.1136/sti.78.1.50.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCross-sectional prevalence surveyResidual bloodSurveillance of HIVHIV Surveillance SystemHIV infection ratesABO blood groupHepatitis testingUseful epidemiological informationHIV incidenceHIV surveysInfection surveillanceHIV epidemicPrevalence surveyInfection ratePrevalence dataEpidemiological informationSurveillance projectBlood groupBloodSurveillance systemSurveillanceHIVPrevalenceIncidenceIntake