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Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Young Adult Injection Drug Users: A Prospective Study of Incident Infection, Resolution, and Reinfection by Page, Kimberly, Hahn, Judith A., Evans, Jennifer, Shiboski, Stephen, Lum, Paula, Delwart, Eric, Tobler, Leslie, Andrews, William, Avanesyan, Lia, Cooper, Stewart, Busch, Michael P.

“…BackgroundHepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, clearance, and reinfection are best studied in injection drug users (IDUs), who have the highest incidence of HCV…”
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Comparison of self-reported alcohol consumption to phosphatidylethanol measurement among HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral treatment in southwestern Uganda by Bajunirwe, Francis, Haberer, Jessica E, Boum, 2nd, Yap, Hunt, Peter, Mocello, Rain, Martin, Jeffrey N, Bangsberg, David R, Hahn, Judith A

“…Alcohol consumption among HIV-infected patients may accelerate HIV disease progression or reduce antiretroviral therapy adherence. Self-reported alcohol use is…”
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Association between smoking and lack of HIV virological suppression in a cross-sectional study of persons with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Uganda by Tumwegamire, Adah, Fatch, Robin, Emenyonu, Nneka I, Lodi, Sara, Muyindike, Winnie R, Kekibiina, Allen, Adong, Julian, Ngabirano, Christine, Beesiga, Brian, Marson, Kara, Golabi, Nakisa, Kamya, Moses, Chamie, Gabriel, Hahn, Judith A

“…Smoking and alcohol use frequently co-occur and are the leading causes of preventable death in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and are common among people living with…”
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Prevalence and correlates of men's and women's alcohol use in agrarian, trading and fishing communities in Rakai, Uganda by Wagman, Jennifer A, Nabukalu, Dorean, Miller, Amanda P, Wawer, Maria J, Ssekubugu, Robert, Nakowooya, Hadijja, Nantume, Betty, Park, Eunhee, Hahn, Judith A, Serwadda, David M, Sewankambo, Nelson K, Nalugoda, Fred, Kigozi, Godfrey

“…Uganda has one of the highest rates of alcohol use in sub-Saharan Africa but prevalence and correlates of drinking are undocumented in the Rakai region, one of…”
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Self‐reported alcohol use versus phosphatidylethanol in behavioral trials: A study of people living with HIV in Tshwane, South Africa by Parry, Charles D. H., Myers, Bronwyn, Londani, Mukhethwa, Shuper, Paul A., Nkosi, Sebenzile, Hahn, Judith A., Kekwaletswe, Connie, Morojele, Neo K.

“…Background Accurately quantifying alcohol use among persons with HIV (PWH) is important for validly assessing the efficacy of alcohol reduction interventions…”
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HCV incidence is associated with injecting partner age and HCV serostatus mixing in young adults who inject drugs in San Francisco by Page, Kimberly, Evans, Jennifer L, Hahn, Judith A, Vickerman, Peter, Shiboski, Stephen, Morris, Meghan D

“…HCV incidence is increasing in the US, notably among younger people who inject drugs (PWID). In a cohort of young adult (age<30 years) PWID in San Francisco we…”
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Unhealthy alcohol use and intimate partner violence among men and women living with HIV in Uganda by Miller, Amanda P, Fatch, Robin, Lodi, Sara, Marson, Kara, Emenyonu, Nneka, Kekibiina, Allen, Beesiga, Brian, Chamie, Gabriel, Muyindike, Winnie R, Hahn, Judith A

“…Intimate partner violence (IPV) and alcohol use are interrelated public health issues. Heavy and frequent alcohol use increase the risk of IPV, but the…”
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Psychometric assessment of the Runyankole-translated Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale among persons with HIV in Uganda by Espinosa da Silva, Cristina, Fatch, Robin, Emenyonu, Nneka, Muyindike, Winnie, Adong, Julian, Rao, Sowmya R, Chamie, Gabriel, Ngabirano, Christine, Tumwegamire, Adah, Kekibiina, Allen, Marson, Kara, Beesiga, Brian, Sanyu, Naomi, Katusiime, Anita, Hahn, Judith A

“…Social desirability can negatively affect the validity of self-reported measures, including underreporting of stigmatized behaviors like alcohol consumption…”
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Prevalence of elevated liver transaminases and their relationship with alcohol use in people living with HIV on anti-retroviral therapy in Uganda by Freiman, J Morgan, Fatch, Robin, Cheng, Debbie, Emenyonu, Nneka, Ngabirano, Christine, Geadas, Carolina, Adong, Julian, Muyindike, Winnie R, Linas, Benjamin P, Jacobson, Karen R, Hahn, Judith A

“…Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) reduces tuberculosis reactivation and mortality among persons living with HIV (PLWH), yet hepatotoxicity concerns exclude…”
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Intimate injection partnerships are at elevated risk of high-risk injecting: a multi-level longitudinal study of HCV-serodiscordant injection partnerships in San Francisco, CA by Morris, Meghan D, Evans, Jennifer, Montgomery, Martha, Yu, Michelle, Briceno, Alya, Page, Kimberly, Hahn, Judith A

“…It is increasingly recognized that the risk for HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) transmission among people who inject drugs (PWID), such as syringe sharing, occurs in…”
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Tuberculin skin test positivity among HIV-infected alcohol drinkers on antiretrovirals in south-western Uganda by Muyindike, Winnie R, Fatch, Robin, Cheng, Debbie M, Emenyonu, Nneka I, Ngabirano, Christine, Adong, Julian, Linas, Benjamin P, Jacobson, Karen R, Hahn, Judith A

“…Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death among people living with HIV (PLWH), and current evidence suggests that heavy alcohol users have an increased…”
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Missed opportunities for HIV testing and late-stage diagnosis among HIV-infected patients in Uganda by Wanyenze, Rhoda K, Kamya, Moses R, Fatch, Robin, Mayanja-Kizza, Harriet, Baveewo, Steven, Sawires, Sharif, Bangsberg, David R, Coates, Thomas, Hahn, Judith A

“…Late diagnosis of HIV infection is a major challenge to the scale-up of HIV prevention and treatment. In 2005 Uganda adopted provider-initiated HIV testing in…”
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Post-traumatic stress disorder among persons with HIV who engage in heavy alcohol consumption in southwestern Uganda by Kekibiina, Allen, Adong, Julian, Fatch, Robin, Emenyonu, Nneka I, Marson, Kara, Beesiga, Brian, Lodi, Sara, Muyindike, Winnie R, Kamya, Moses, Chamie, Gabriel, McDonell, Michael G, Hahn, Judith A

“…Abstract Background We aimed to describe the prevalence of PTSD symptoms and its associated factors in persons living with HIV (PLWH) in Uganda who engage in…”
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Diagnostic accuracy of a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay in small hair samples for rifampin-resistant tuberculosis drug concentrations in a routine care setting by Metcalfe, John, Bacchetti, Peter, Esmail, Ali, Reckers, Andrew, Aguilar, David, Wen, Anita, Huo, Shu, Muyindike, Winnie R, Hahn, Judith A, Dheda, Keertan, Gandhi, Monica, Gerona, Roy

“…Treatment monitoring of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in resource-limited settings is challenging. We developed a multi-analyte assay for eleven anti-TB…”
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Provider perceptions of young people living with HIV and unhealthy alcohol use in Southwestern Uganda: a qualitative study by Odokonyero, Raymond Felix, Nakasujja, Noeline, Turiho, Andrew, Sanyu, Naomi, Muyindike, Winnie R, Nansera, Denis, Semitala, Fred, Kamya, Moses R, Katahoire, Anne R, Hahn, Judith A, Camlin, Carol C, Muhwezi, Wilson W

“…Unhealthy alcohol use is a common public health problem in HIV care settings in Africa and it affects the HIV continuum of care. In Uganda and other low-income…”
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The Drinkers' Intervention to Prevent Tuberculosis (DIPT) trial among heavy drinkers living with HIV in Uganda: study protocol of a 2×2 factorial trial by Lodi, Sara, Emenyonu, Nneka I, Marson, Kara, Kwarisiima, Dalsone, Fatch, Robin, McDonell, Michael G, Cheng, Debbie M, Thirumurthy, Harsha, Gandhi, Monica, Camlin, Carol S, Muyindike, Winnie R, Hahn, Judith A, Chamie, Gabriel

“…The risk of tuberculosis (TB) is high among people with HIV (PWH). Heavy alcohol drinking independently increases TB risk and approximately 25% of PWH globally…”
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Variations in national availability of waivered buprenorphine prescribers by racial and ethnic composition of zip codes by Hirchak, Katherine A, Amiri, Solmaz, Kordas, Gordon, Oluwoye, Oladunni, Lyons, Abram J, Bajet, Kelsey, Hahn, Judith A, McDonell, Michael G, Campbell, Aimee N C, Venner, Kamilla

“…Opioid overdose remains a public health crisis in diverse communities. Between 2019 and 2020, there was an almost 40% increase in drug fatalities primarily due…”
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Effect of a brief alcohol counselling intervention on HIV viral suppression and alcohol use among persons with HIV and unhealthy alcohol use in Uganda and Kenya: a randomized controlled trial by Puryear, Sarah B., Mwangwa, Florence, Opel, Fred, Chamie, Gabriel, Balzer, Laura B., Kabami, Jane, Ayieko, James, Owaraganise, Asiphas, Kakande, Elijah, Agengo, George, Bukusi, Elizabeth, Kabageni, Stella, Omoding, Daniel, Bacon, Melanie, Schrom, John, Woolf‐King, Sarah, Petersen, Maya L., Havlir, Diane V., Kamya, Moses, Hahn, Judith A.

“…Introduction Unhealthy alcohol use significantly contributes to viral non‐suppression among persons with HIV (PWH). It is unknown whether brief behavioural…”
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Efficacy of alcohol reduction interventions among people with HIV as evaluated by self-report and a phosphatidylethanol (PEth) outcome: protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis by Kane, Jeremy C, Allen, Isabel, Fatch, Robin, Scheffler, Aaron, Emenyonu, Nneka, Puryear, Sarah B, Chirayil, Priya, So-Armah, Kaku, Kahler, Christopher W, Magidson, Jessica F, Conroy, Amy A, Edelman, E Jennifer, Woolf-King, Sarah, Parry, Charles, Kiene, Susan M, Chamie, Gabriel, Adong, Julian, Go, Vivian F, Cook, Robert L, Muyindike, Winnie, Morojele, Neo, Blokhina, Elena, Krupitsky, Evgeny, Fiellin, David A, Hahn, Judith A

“…IntroductionUnhealthy alcohol use is associated with a range of adverse outcomes among people with HIV (PWH). Testing the efficacy and promoting the…”
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Hepatitis C Virus Seroconversion among Young Injection Drug Users: Relationships and Risks by Hahn, Judith A., Page-Shafer, Kimberly, Lum, Paula J., Bourgois, Philippe, Stein, Ellen, Evans, Jennifer L., Busch, Michael P., Tobler, Leslie H., Phelps, Bruce, Moss, Andrew R.

“…The present study examined reasons for the high incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among young injection drug users (IDUs). IDUs <30 years old who…”
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