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Using CD4 Data to Estimate HIV Incidence, Prevalence, and Percent of Undiagnosed Infections in the United States by Song, Ruiguang, Hall, H Irene, Green, Timothy A, Szwarcwald, Célia L, Pantazis, Nikos

“…INTRODUCTION:The incidence and prevalence of HIV infection are important measures of HIV trends; however, they are difficult to estimate because of the long…”
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HIV continuum of care: expanding scope beyond a cross-sectional view to include time analysis: a systematic review by Vourli, Georgia, Katsarolis, Ioannis, Pantazis, Nikos, Touloumi, Giota

“…Abstract Introduction The continuum of care (CoC) model has been used to describe the main pillars of HIV care. This study aims to systematically review…”
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Longitudinal and time‐to‐drop‐out joint models can lead to seriously biased estimates when the drop‐out mechanism is at random by Thomadakis, Christos, Meligkotsidou, Loukia, Pantazis, Nikos, Touloumi, Giota

“…Missing data are common in longitudinal studies. Likelihood‐based methods ignoring the missingness mechanism are unbiased provided missingness is at random…”
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Exhaustion of Activated CD8 T Cells Predicts Disease Progression in Primary HIV-1 Infection by Hoffmann, Matthias, Pantazis, Nikos, Martin, Genevieve E, Hickling, Stephen, Hurst, Jacob, Meyerowitz, Jodi, Willberg, Christian B, Robinson, Nicola, Brown, Helen, Fisher, Martin, Kinloch, Sabine, Babiker, Abdel, Weber, Jonathan, Nwokolo, Nneka, Fox, Julie, Fidler, Sarah, Phillips, Rodney, Frater, John

“…The rate at which HIV-1 infected individuals progress to AIDS is highly variable and impacted by T cell immunity. CD8 T cell inhibitory molecules are…”
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Discriminating Between Premigration and Postmigration HIV Acquisition Using Surveillance Data by Pantazis, Nikos, Rosinska, Magdalena, van Sighem, Ard, Quinten, Chantal, Noori, Teymur, Burns, Fiona, Cortes Martins, Helena, Kirwan, Peter D., O'Donnell, Kate, Paraskevis, Dimitrios, Sommen, Cécile, Zenner, Dominik, Pharris, Anastasia

“…Migrant populations are overrepresented among persons diagnosed with HIV in the European Union and the European Economic Area. Understanding the timing of HIV…”
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Estimating the potential to prevent locally acquired HIV infections in a UNAIDS Fast-Track City, Amsterdam by Blenkinsop, Alexandra, Monod, Mélodie, van Sighem, Ard, Pantazis, Nikos, Bezemer, Daniela, Op de Coul, Eline, van de Laar, Thijs, Fraser, Christophe, Prins, Maria, Reiss, Peter, de Bree, Godelieve J, Ratmann, Oliver

“…More than 300 cities including the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands have joined the UNAIDS Fast-Track Cities initiative, committing to accelerate their HIV…”
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Low pre-ART CD4 count is associated with increased risk of clinical progression or death even after reaching 500 CD4 cells/μL on ART by Pantazis, Nikos, Paparizos, Vasilios, Papastamopoulos, Vasilios, Metallidis, Simeon, Antoniadou, Anastasia, Adamis, Georgios, Psichgiou, Mina, Chini, Maria, Sambatakou, Helen, Chrysos, Georgios, Sipsas, Nikolaos V, Gogos, Charalambos, Barbunakis, Emmanouil, Panagopoulos, Periklis, Katsarou, Olga, Touloumi, Giota

“…Clinical disadvantages of initiating ART at low CD4 counts have been clearly demonstrated but whether any excess risk remains even after reaching relatively…”
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HIV-1 molecular transmission clusters in nine European countries and Canada: association with demographic and clinical factors by Paraskevis, Dimitrios, Beloukas, Apostolos, Stasinos, Kostantinos, Pantazis, Nikos, de Mendoza, Carmen, Bannert, Norbert, Meyer, Laurence, Zangerle, Robert, Gill, John, Prins, Maria, d'Arminio Montforte, Antonella, Kran, Anne-Marte Bakken, Porter, Kholoud, Touloumi, Giota

“…Knowledge of HIV-1 molecular transmission clusters (MTCs) is important, especially in large-scale datasets, for designing prevention programmes and public…”
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Estimation of Improvements in Mortality in Spectrum Among Adults With HIV Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in High-Income Countries by Trickey, Adam, Glaubius, Robert, Pantazis, Nikos, Zangerle, Robert, Wittkop, Linda, Vehreschild, Janne, Grabar, Sophie, Cavassini, Matthias, Teira, Ramon, d'Arminio Monforte, Antonella, Casabona, Jordi, van Sighem, Ard, Jarrin, Inma, Ingle, Suzanne M, Sterne, Jonathan A C, Imai-Eaton, Jeffrey W, Johnson, Leigh F

“…Mortality rates for people living with HIV (PLHIV) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in high-income countries continue to decline. We compared mortality rates…”
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Influence of Laser Irradiation Settings, during Diode-Assisted Endodontics, on the Intraradicular Adhesion of Self-Etch and Self-Curing Luting Cement during Restoration-An Ex Vivo Study by Farmakis, Eleftherios Terry R, Beer, Franziska, Tzoutzas, Ioannis, Kurzmann, Christoph, Shokoohi-Tabrizi, Hassan Ali, Pantazis, Nikos, Moritz, Andreas

“…Background: Diode-assisted endodontics is nowadays utilized for pulp space disinfection, but little is known on the bonding potential of this lased root dentin…”
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A randomized trial comparing concise and standard consent forms in the START trial by Grady, Christine, Touloumi, Giota, Walker, A Sarah, Smolskis, Mary, Sharma, Shweta, Babiker, Abdel G, Pantazis, Nikos, Tavel, Jorge, Florence, Eric, Sanchez, Adriana, Hudson, Fleur, Papadopoulos, Antonios, Emanuel, Ezekiel, Clewett, Megan, Munroe, David, Denning, Eileen

“…Improving the effectiveness and efficiency of research informed consent is a high priority. Some express concern about longer, more complex, written consent…”
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Changes in Body Mass Index after Initiation of Antiretroviral Treatment: Differences by Class of Core Drug by Pantazis, Nikos, Papastamopoulos, Vasilios, Antoniadou, Anastasia, Adamis, Georgios, Paparizos, Vasilios, Metallidis, Simeon, Sambatakou, Helen, Psichogiou, Mina, Chini, Maria, Chrysos, Georgios, Panagopoulos, Periklis, Sipsas, Nikolaos V, Barbunakis, Emmanouil, Gogos, Charalambos, Touloumi, Giota

“…Recent research on antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV suggests that integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) cause faster weight gain compared to…”
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Prisoners' Perceptions and Satisfaction with Telepsychiatry Services in Greece and the Effects of Its Use on the Coercion of Mental Healthcare by Karachaliou, Evangelia, Douzenis, Phoebe, Chatzinikolaou, Fotios, Pantazis, Nikos, Martinaki, Sophia, Bali, Panagiota, Tasios, Konstantinos, Douzenis, Athanasios

“…Prisoners are often associated with mental health and substance use disorders. Coercive measures are widely used in prison settings. The objective of this…”
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The HIV patient profile in 2013 and 2003: Results from the Greek AMACS cohort by Pantazis, Nikos, Chini, Maria, Antoniadou, Anastasia, Sambatakou, Helen, Skoutelis, Athanasios, Gargalianos, Panagiotis, Kourkounti, Sophia, Gogos, Charalambos, Chrysos, George, Psichogiou, Mina, Sipsas, Nikolaos V, Katsarou, Olga, Panagopoulos, Periklis, Metallidis, Simeon, Touloumi, Giota

“…Combined Antiretroviral therapy (cART) has improved life-expectancy of people living with HIV (PLHIV) but as they age, prevalence of chronic non-AIDS related…”
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HIV RNA/DNA Levels at Diagnosis Can Predict Immune Reconstitution: A Longitudinal Analysis by Basoulis, Dimitrios, Pantazis, Nikos, Paraskevis, Dimitrios, Iliopoulos, Panos, Papadopoulou, Martha, Akinosoglou, Karolina, Hatzakis, Angelos, Daikos, George L, Psichogiou, Mina

“…HIV DNA mirrors the number of infected cells and the size of the HIV viral reservoir. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of pre-cART HIV DNA…”
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Modelling SARS-CoV-2 Binding Antibody Waning 8 Months after BNT162b2 Vaccination by Hatzakis, Angelos, Karabinis, Andreas, Roussos, Sotirios, Pantazis, Nikos, Degiannis, Dimitrios, Chaidaroglou, Antigoni, Petsios, Konstantinos, Pavlopoulou, Ioanna, Tsiodras, Sotirios, Paraskevis, Dimitrios, Sypsa, Vana, Psichogiou, Mina

“…Several lines of evidence suggest that binding SARS-CoV-2 antibodies such as anti-SARS-CoV-2 RBD IgG (anti-RBD) and neutralising antibodies (NA) are correlates…”
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CASCADE protocol: exploring current viral and host characteristics, measuring clinical and patient-reported outcomes, and understanding the lived experiences and needs of individuals with recently acquired HIV infection through a multicentre mixed-methods observational study in Europe and Canada by Ruiz-Burga, Elisa, Tariq, Shema, Touloumi, Giota, Gill, John, Nicholls, Emily Jay, Sabin, Caroline, Mussini, Cristina, Meyer, Laurence, Volny Anne, Alain, Carlander, Christina, Grabar, Sophie, Jarrin, Inma, Van der Valk, Marc, Wittkop, Linda, Spire, Bruno, Pantazis, Nikos, Burns, Fiona M, Porter, Kholoud, Moreno, Santiago, Burns, Fiona, Campo, Rafael Eduardo, Garges, Harmony, Mussini, Cristina, Pantazis, Nikos, Pinto, Barbara, Porter, Kholoud, Sabin, Caroline, Tariq, Shema, Touloumi, Giota, Vannappagari, Vani, Anne, Alain Volny, Young, Lital, Gill, John, Carlander, Christina, Grabar, Sophie, Jarrín, Inma, Meyer, Laurence, Valk, Marc van der, Wittkop, Linda, Aisam, Agnes, Barger, Diana, Davidovich, Udi, Santos, Marie Dos, Eriksson, Lars, Fitzgerald, Eli, Karakosta, Argyro, Krentz, Hartmut, Nicholls, Emily Jay, Policek, Nicoletta, Ruiz-Burga, Elisa, Sandford, Chris, Spire, Bruno, Suárez-García, Inés

“…IntroductionDespite the availability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and antiretroviral therapy (ART), 21 793 people were newly diagnosed with HIV in Europe…”
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Physical Activity Level Alterations Due to the Lockdowns: A Multi-Center Greek University-Based Study by Konstantinos, Natsis, Michael, Kostares, George, Tsakotos, Christos, Koutserimpas, Evangelos, Kostares, George, Triantafyllou, Trifon, Totlis, Vasilios, Karampelias, Dimitrios, Chytas, Nikos, Pantazis, Nikos, Otountzidis, Anastasia, Triantafyllou, Vlassis, Achlatis, Vasilios, Ediaroglou, Maria, Piagkou

“…Objective. This cross-sectional study determines the impact of the pandemic lockdowns on physical activity, and evaluates the factors associated with physical…”
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Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia, through a Six-Year Infection Control Program in a Hospital by Papanikolopoulou, Amalia, Gargalianos-Kakolyris, Panagiotis, Stoupis, Athina, Moussas, Nikos, Pangalis, Anastasia, Theodoridou, Kalliopi, Chronopoulou, Genovefa, Pantazis, Nikos, Kantzanou, Maria, Maltezou, Helena C, Tsakris, Athanasios

“…Carbapenem-resistant (CRPA) is a life-threatening healthcare-associated infection affecting especially patients with immunosuppression and comorbidities. We…”
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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Multidrug-Resistant Bacteremia and Infection Control Interventions in an Intensive Care Unit: Analysis of Six-Year Time-Series Data by Papanikolopoulou, Amalia, Maltezou, Helena C, Stoupis, Athina, Pangalis, Anastasia, Kouroumpetsis, Christos, Chronopoulou, Genovefa, Kalofissoudis, Yannis, Kostares, Evangelos, Boufidou, Fotini, Karalexi, Maria, Koumaki, Vasiliki, Pantazis, Nikos, Tsakris, Athanasios, Kantzanou, Maria

“…Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) occurs more than 48h after mechanical ventilation and is associated with a high mortality rate. The current…”
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