The Cumulative Impact of Harm Reduction on the Swiss HIV Epidemic: Cohort Study, Mathematical Model, and Phylogenetic Analysis
Author(s) -
Alex Marzel,
Katharina Kusejko,
Rainer Weber,
Philip Bruggmann,
Andri Rauch,
Benno Röthlisberger,
Enos Bernasconi,
Alexandra Calmy,
Matthias Cavassini,
Matthias Hoffmann,
Jürg Böni,
Sabine Yerly,
Thomas Klimkait,
Matthieu Perreau,
Huldrych F. Günthard,
Roger D. Kouyos,
A Anagnostopoulos,
Manuel Battegay,
Dominique L. Braun,
Heiner C. Bucher,
Angela Ciuffi,
G Dollenmaier,
Matthias Egger,
Luigia Elzi,
Jan Fehr,
Jacques Fellay,
Hansjakob Furrer,
C A Fux,
David Haerry,
Barbara Hasse,
Hans H. Hirsch,
Irène Hösli,
M Huber,
Christian R. Kahlert,
Laurent Kaiser,
Olivia Keiser,
Helen Kovari,
B Ledergerber,
G Martinetti,
Begoña Martínez de Tejada,
Catia Marzolini,
Karin J. Metzner,
Nicolas Müller,
Dunja Nicca,
P Paioni,
Giuseppe Pantaleo,
Charles M. Rudin,
Alexandra Scherrer,
Patrick Schmid,
René Speck,
M Stöckle,
Philip Tarr,
Alexandra Trkola,
Pietro Vernazza,
Gilles Wandeler
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy078
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , harm reduction , cohort , harm , cohort study , environmental health , demography , virology , sociology , political science , law
Our results suggest that a paramount, population-level impact occurred because of the harm reduction package, beyond factors that can be explained by a reduction in risk behavior and a decrease in the number of drug users over time.
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