2013
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, Odinokova V, White E, Rusakova MM, Smolskaya TT, Levina OS. 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. BMJ Open 2013, 3: e002645. PMID: 23794559, PMCID: PMC3686233, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002645.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV prevalenceActive IDUsHepatitis C virus infectionC virus infectionCross-sectional studyTarget sample sizeHarm reduction programsCross-sectional surveyRespondent-driven samplingHepatitis CPrevalent infectionHIV knowledgeHIV epidemicSerological testingVirus infectionDrug treatmentInjection riskHIVEnzyme immunoassayNetwork-level variablesPrevalenceSexual behaviorIDUsProtective behaviorsHierarchical regression models
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