2008
Episodic Antiretroviral Therapy Increases HIV Transmission Risk Compared With Continuous Therapy: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Burman W, Grund B, Neuhaus J, Douglas J, Friedland G, Telzak E, Colebunders R, Paton N, Fisher M, Rietmeijer C. Episodic Antiretroviral Therapy Increases HIV Transmission Risk Compared With Continuous Therapy: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2008, 49: 142-150. PMID: 18769356, PMCID: PMC2749067, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e318183a9ad.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV transmission riskHigh-risk behaviorsEpisodic antiretroviral therapyAntiretroviral therapyTransmission riskContinuous antiretroviral therapyHIV RNA levelsAntiretroviral Therapy studyProportion of participantsTherapy armContinuous therapyControlled TrialsRandomized armHIV transmissionMean ageNeedle sharingPatientsTherapyTherapy studiesStrategy of managementRNA levelsSexual activityRiskBaselineLaboratory testing
1991
Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type II (HTLV-II) Infection in a Cohort of New York Intravenous Drug Users: An Old Infection?
Khabbaz R, Hartel D, Lairmore M, Horsburgh C, Schoenbaum E, Roberts B, Hartley T, Friedland G. Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type II (HTLV-II) Infection in a Cohort of New York Intravenous Drug Users: An Old Infection? The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1991, 163: 252-256. PMID: 1988509, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/163.2.252.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntravenous drug usersHuman T-lymphotropic virus type II (HTLV-II) infectionHTLV-II infectionType II infectionPolymerase chain reactionRisk factorsHTLV-IIDrug usersHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionHIV infection statusImmunodeficiency virus infectionIntravenous drug useMethadone maintenance programTransfusion historyNeedle sharingVirus infectionSerologic resultsSex partnersDrug useShooting galleriesEndemic infectionInfectionOlder ageInfection statusOld infection
1985
Intravenous Drug Abusers and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS): Demographic, Drug Use, and Needle-Sharing Patterns
Friedland G, Harris C, Butkus-Small C, Shine D, Moll B, Darrow W, Klein R. Intravenous Drug Abusers and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS): Demographic, Drug Use, and Needle-Sharing Patterns. JAMA Internal Medicine 1985, 145: 1413-1417. DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1985.00360080085012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeDrug abuser patientsIntravenous drug abusersDrug abusersImmunodeficiency syndromeNeedle sharingHomosexual menSpread of AIDSPutative AIDS agentPercent of patientsBlood-borne routeDrug use patternsDrug use practicesARC patientsSexual habitsDrug usePatientsShooting galleriesAIDS agentsAIDS transmissionMale homosexualsDemographic characteristicsAbusersSyndromeHigh rateIntravenous drug abusers and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Demographic, drug use, and needle-sharing patterns.
Friedland G, Harris C, Butkus-Small C, Shine D, Moll B, Darrow W, Klein R. Intravenous drug abusers and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Demographic, drug use, and needle-sharing patterns. JAMA Internal Medicine 1985, 145: 1413-7. PMID: 3875327, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.145.8.1413.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug abuser patientsIntravenous drug abusersDrug abusersImmunodeficiency syndromeNeedle sharingHomosexual menPutative AIDS agentPercent of patientsEvidence of AIDSBlood-borne routeDrug use patternsDrug use practicesARC patientsSexual habitsDrug usePatientsShooting galleriesSpread of AIDSAIDS agentsAIDSAIDS transmissionMale homosexualsDemographic characteristicsAbusersSyndrome