2012
The Impact of Information About the Female Condom on Female Condom Use Among Males and Females from a US Urban Community
Coman E, Weeks M, Yanovitzky I, Iordache E, Barbour R, Coman M, Huedo-Medina T. The Impact of Information About the Female Condom on Female Condom Use Among Males and Females from a US Urban Community. AIDS And Behavior 2012, 17: 2194-2201. PMID: 23212854, PMCID: PMC3622782, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0381-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCondoms, FemaleConnecticutCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth EducationHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHIV InfectionsHumansMaleSex FactorsUrban PopulationConceptsFemale condomFC usePropensity scoreHIV/STIFemale condom useUnexposed participantsNew prevention methodsPotential confoundersFC informationCommunity-wide surveyUS urban communitiesActive menImpact of exposureCondom useConfoundersPrevention methodsCommunity of adultsCondomsWomenMenScoresUnbiased effectsParticipantsUrban communitiesSTIs
2010
Estimates of HIV incidence among drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia: continued growth of a rapidly expanding epidemic
Niccolai LM, Verevochkin SV, Toussova OV, White E, Barbour R, Kozlov AP, Heimer R. Estimates of HIV incidence among drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia: continued growth of a rapidly expanding epidemic. European Journal Of Public Health 2010, 21: 613-619. PMID: 20798184, PMCID: PMC3180633, DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersRetrospective cohort analysisHIV incidenceEnzyme immunoassayHIV epidemicCohort analysisDrug usersBED capture enzyme immunoassayHIV incident casesRecent HIV incidenceHigh HIV incidenceHIV prevention interventionsCross-sectional studyCapture enzyme immunoassayIncident infectionsIncident casesEstimate incidenceIndependent correlatesIncidence rateIncidence estimatesPrevention interventionsCurrent epidemic situationIncidenceVulnerable populationsLow specificity
2009
Hepatitis C virus infection among drug injectors in St Petersburg, Russia: social and molecular epidemiology of an endemic infection
Paintsil E, Verevochkin SV, Dukhovlinova E, Niccolai L, Barbour R, White E, Toussova OV, Alexander L, Kozlov AP, Heimer R. Hepatitis C virus infection among drug injectors in St Petersburg, Russia: social and molecular epidemiology of an endemic infection. Addiction 2009, 104: 1881-1890. PMID: 19712125, PMCID: PMC2763027, DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02687.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersHepatitis C virusRespondent-driven samplingPrevalent infectionMajority of IDUsHepatitis C virus infectionSustained virological responseC virus infectionRespondent-driven sampleAssociation of genotypesIDU communityVirological responseHCV infectionAntiviral therapyC virusGenotype 3aDrug injectionVirus infectionDrug injectorsBlood samplesHCV sequencesDrug usersEndemic infectionInfectionMolecular epidemiology