A new outbreak of HIV infection among people who inject drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multiple HIV outbreaks have been recorded among people who inject drugs (PWID) since 2010. During an intervention for PWID in 2019-2021 in Thessaloniki, Greece, an increasing number of HIV cases was documented. Here, we provide an analysis of this new outbreak.

Methods

ALEXANDROS was a community-based program and participation included interviewing, rapid HIV/HCV tests, counselling and linkage to care. PWID were recruited through Respondent-Driven Sampling (RDS) in five sampling rounds. Crude and RDS-weighted HIV prevalence estimates were obtained. HIV incidence was estimated from data on 380 initially seronegative PWID with at least two tests. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards model was used to assess risk factors for HIV seroconversion.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Sypsa V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10201320 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature