Network research experiences in New York and Eastern Europe: lessons for the southern US in understanding HIV transmission dynamics

SR Friedman, L Williams, AM Young, J Teubl… - Current HIV/AIDS …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose This paper presents an overview of different kinds of risk and social network
methods and the kinds of research questions each can address. Recent Findings It also …

Immunization strategies in networks with missing data

SF Rosenblatt, JA Smith, GR Gauthier… - PLoS computational …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Network-based intervention strategies can be effective and cost-efficient approaches to
curtailing harmful contagions in myriad settings. As studied, these strategies are often …

A review of network simulation models of hepatitis C virus and HIV among people who inject drugs

M Bellerose, L Zhu, LM Hagan, WW Thompson… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Network modelling is a valuable tool for simulating hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV
transmission among people who inject drugs (PWID) and assessing the potential impact of …

“It Ruined My Life”: The effects of the War on Drugs on people who inject drugs (PWID) in rural Puerto Rico

R Abadie, C Gelpi-Acosta, C Davila, A Rivera… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The War on Drugs has raised the incarceration rates of racial
minorities for non-violent drug-related crimes, profoundly stigmatized drug users, and …

Combination interventions for Hepatitis C and Cirrhosis reduction among people who inject drugs: An agent-based, networked population simulation experiment

B Khan, I Duncan, M Saad, D Schaefer, A Jordan… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is endemic in people who inject drugs (PWID), with
prevalence estimates above 60% for PWID in the United States. Previous modeling studies …

Detailed molecular surveillance of the HIV-1 outbreak among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Athens during a period of four years

E Kostaki, G Magiorkinis, M Psichogiou… - Current HIV …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: New diagnoses of HIV-1 infection among people who inject drugs (PWID)
increased significantly during 2011 in Athens. Objective: Our aim was to investigate the …

Cost-effectiveness of direct antiviral agents for Hepatitis C virus infection and a combined intervention of syringe access and medication-assisted therapy for opioid …

ER Stevens, KA Nucifora, H Hagan… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background There are too many plausible permutations and scale-up scenarios of
combination hepatitis C virus (HCV) interventions for exhaustive testing in experimental …

Social networks of substance-using populations: Key issues and promising new approaches for HIV

BS West - Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This paper presents recent literature on substance using
networks and HIV, highlighting renewed and emerging themes in the field. The goal is to …

[HTML][HTML] Structural sensitivity in HIV modeling: a case study of vaccination

CL Bernard, ML Brandeau - Infectious Disease Modelling, 2017 - Elsevier
Structural assumptions in infectious disease models, such as the choice of network or
compartmental model type or the inclusion of different types of heterogeneity across …

Pockets of HIV non-infection within highly-infected risk networks in Athens, Greece

LD Williams, EG Kostaki, E Pavlitina… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
As part of a network study of HIV infection among people who inject drugs (PWID) and their
contacts, we discovered a connected subcomponent of 29 uninfected PWID. In the context of …