Lucas Wiessing
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Recent Articles
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Uuskula A, Rannap J, Weijler L, Abagiu A, Arendt V, Barrio G, et al.
Addiction
. 2023 Nov;
118(11):2177-2192.
PMID: 37991429
Aims: We measured the association between a history of incarceration and HIV positivity among people who inject drugs (PWID) across Europe. Design, Setting And Participants: This was a cross-sectional, multi-site,...
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Wiessing L, Sypsa V, Abagiu A, Arble A, Berndt N, Bosch A, et al.
AIDS Behav
. 2022 Nov;
27(4):1140-1153.
PMID: 36367613
HIV/HCV prevention among people who inject drugs (PWID) is of key public health importance. We aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 and associated response measures on HIV/HCV prevention services...
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Wiessing L, Kalamara E, Stone J, Altan P, Van Baelen L, Fotiou A, et al.
Euro Surveill
. 2021 Dec;
26(49).
PMID: 34886941
BackgroundPeople who inject drugs (PWID) are frequently incarcerated, which is associated with multiple negative health outcomes.AimWe aimed to estimate the associations between a history of incarceration and prevalence of HIV...
4.
Des Jarlais D, Sypsa V, Feelemyer J, Abagiu A, Arendt V, Broz D, et al.
Lancet HIV
. 2020 Jun;
7(6):e434-e442.
PMID: 32504576
During 2011-16, HIV outbreaks occurred among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Canada (southeastern Saskatchewan), Greece (Athens), Ireland (Dublin), Israel (Tel Aviv), Luxembourg, Romania (Bucharest), Scotland (Glasgow), and USA (Scott...
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Nordt C, Wiessing L, Kuijpers W, Wisselink J, Espelt A, Brugal M, et al.
Eur Addict Res
. 2018 Jul;
24(4):173-183.
PMID: 30016806
Heroin users in opioid agonist treatment (OAT) show markedly reduced heroin consumption, less crime and a lower mortality rate. However, the extent of long-term OAT participation over subsequent treatment episodes...
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Hughes B, Wiessing L, Des Jarlais D, Griffiths P
Int J Drug Policy
. 2017 Dec;
51:156-159.
PMID: 29229491
Cannabis policies are changing in some countries. This may have consequences that extend beyond cannabis-specific outcomes, such as an impact on the consumption patterns of other substances. Changes in cannabis...
7.
Wiessing L, Ferri M, Darke S, Simon R, Griffiths P
Drug Alcohol Rev
. 2017 Oct;
37 Suppl 1:S323-S338.
PMID: 28971544
Issues: Treatment outcomes for drug users are critical for informing policy and therapeutic practice. The coherence of outcomes, changes and drug use measures from observational studies on opioid use treatment...
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Sordo L, Barrio G, Bravo M, Indave B, Degenhardt L, Wiessing L, et al.
BMJ
. 2017 Apr;
357:j1550.
PMID: 28446428
To compare the risk for all cause and overdose mortality in people with opioid dependence during and after substitution treatment with methadone or buprenorphine and to characterise trends in risk...
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Wiessing L, Ferri M, Belackova V, Carrieri P, Friedman S, Folch C, et al.
Harm Reduct J
. 2017 Apr;
14(1):19.
PMID: 28431584
Background And Aims: Despite advances in our knowledge of effective services for people who use drugs over the last decades globally, coverage remains poor in most countries, while quality is...
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Sypsa V, Psichogiou M, Paraskevis D, Nikolopoulos G, Tsiara C, Paraskeva D, et al.
J Infect Dis
. 2017 Apr;
215(10):1496-1505.
PMID: 28407106
Background: A "seek-test-treat" intervention (ARISTOTLE) was implemented in response to an outbreak of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among persons who inject drugs (PWID) in Athens. We assess trends in...