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Sexual Risk and Transmission Behaviors, Partnerships and Settings Among Young Adult Nonmedical Opioid Users in New York City by Friedman, S. R., Mateu-Gelabert, P., Ruggles, K. V., Goodbody, E., Syckes, C., Jessell, L., Teubl, Jennifer, Guarino, H.

“…Nonmedical prescription opioid use has become widespread. It can lead to heroin use, drug injection and HIV infection. We describe young adult opioid users’…”
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Young Drug Users: a Vulnerable Population and an Underutilized Resource in HIV/HCV Prevention by Mateu-Gelabert, Pedro, Guarino, H., Quinn, K., Meylakhs, P., Campos, S., Meylakhs, A., Berbesi, D., Toro-Tobón, D., Goodbody, E., Ompad, D.C., Friedman, S. R.

“…Purpose of Review The social networks of people who inject drugs (PWID) have long been studied to understand disease transmission dynamics and social…”
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Experiences of Stigma and Support Reported by Participants in a Network Intervention to Reduce HIV Transmission in Athens, Greece; Odessa, Ukraine; and Chicago, Illinois by Williams, Leslie D., Korobchuk, A., Pavlitina, E., Nikolopoulos, G. K., Skaathun, B., Schneider, J., Kostaki, E.-G., Smyrnov, P., Vasylyeva, T. I., Psichogiou, M., Paraskevis, D., Morgan, E., Hadjikou, A., Downing, M. J., Hatzakis, A., Friedman, S. R.

“…A growing body of evidence suggests that network-based interventions to reduce HIV transmission and/or improve HIV-related health outcomes have an important…”
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A new approach to prevent HIV transmission: Project Protect intervention for recently infected individuals by Vasylyeva, T.I., Friedman, S.R., Smyrnov, P., Bondarenko, K.

“…Past research suggests that as many as 50% of onward human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmissions occur during acute and recent HIV infection. It is…”
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Risk behavior and HIV infection among new drug injectors in the Era of AIDS in New york city by DES JARLAIS, D.C, FRIEDMAN, S.R, PERLIS, T, CHAPMAN, T.F, SOTHERAN, J.L, PAONE, D, MONTERROSO, E, NEAIGUS, A

“…To examine HIV risk behavior and HIV infection among new initiates into illicit drug injection in New York City. Cross-sectional surveys of injecting drug…”
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Hepatitis C prevention and care for injecting drug users by Friedman, Samuel R, Cavalieri, Walter, Crofts, Nick, Walsh, Nick, Madden, Annie, Taylor, Avril

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HIV risk networks and HIV transmission among injecting drug users by Neaigus, A., Friedman, S.R., Kottiri, B.J., Des Jarlais, D.C.

“…The objective of this study was to demonstrate how injecting drug users’ (IDUs) HIV risk networks affect their risk for infection with HIV and influence their…”
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The message not heard : myth and reality in discussions about syringe exchange by FRIEDMAN, S. R, CURTIS, R, JOSE, B, FLOM, P. L, NEAIGUS, A, DES JARLAIS, D. C

“…Syringe exchanges are major HIV prevention programs in many countries, but remain controversial in the United States. Opponents such as the Office of National…”
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Why I am not infected with HIV: Implications for long-term HIV risk reduction and HIV vaccine trials by DES JARLAIS, D. C, VANICHSENI, S, MASTRO, T. D, MARMOR, M, BUAVIRAT, A, TITUS, S, RAKTHAM, S, FRIEDMANN, P, KITAYAPORN, D, WOLFE, H, FRIEDMAN, S. R

“…To describe beliefs about remaining HIV-seronegative in injecting drug users in two high-seroprevalence cities, and to consider implications of these beliefs…”
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