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Sexual risk behaviors, circumcision status, and preexisting immunity to adenovirus type 5 among men who have sex with men participating in a randomized HIV-1 vaccine efficacy trial: step studyBeryl A Koblin
Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention, New York Blood Center, 310 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 60:405-13. 2012..We investigated whether differences in HIV exposure, measured by reported sexual risk behaviors, may explain the increased risk...
A randomized trial of a behavioral intervention for black MSM: the DiSH studyBeryl A Koblin
Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention, Lindsley F Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, NY 10065, USA
AIDS 26:483-8. 2012..To test a new behavioral intervention for black MSM in reducing sexual risk and increasing social support and intentions to use condoms...- Correlates of anal intercourse vary by partner type among substance-using women: baseline data from the UNITY studyBeryl A Koblin
Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention, New York Blood Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
AIDS Behav 14:132-40. 2010..Specific counseling messages are needed to identify and address this risk and associated factors, including partner relationships, substance use, birth control, mental health issues and domestic violence... 
Effects of a behavioural intervention to reduce acquisition of HIV infection among men who have sex with men: the EXPLORE randomised controlled studyB Koblin
Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention, New York Blood Center, 310 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
Lancet 364:41-50. 2004..Effective interventions are needed to prevent acquisition of HIV infection in men who have sex with men. To date, no behavioural interventions specifically for this risk group have been tested with HIV infection as the primary outcome...- Amphetamine use and sexual risk among men who have sex with men: results from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance study--New York CityBeryl A Koblin
Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention, New York Blood Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
Subst Use Misuse 42:1613-28. 2007..This study confirms the association between amphetamine use and sexual risk furthers our understanding of risky circumstances and lays the groundwork for the design of interventions... - A randomized trial of enhanced HIV risk-reduction and vaccine trial education interventions among HIV-negative, high-risk women who use noninjection drugs: the UNITY studyBeryl A Koblin
Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention, New York Blood Center, 310 E 67th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 53:378-87. 2010..Limited data are available on interventions to reduce sexual risk behaviors and increase knowledge of HIV vaccine trial concepts in high-risk populations eligible to participate in HIV vaccine efficacy trials... - Condom-use decision making in the context of hypothetical pre-exposure prophylaxis efficacy among substance-using men who have sex with men: Project MIXBeryl A Koblin
Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention, Lindsley F Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 58:319-27. 2011..To examine condom-use decision making in the context of hypothetical pre-exposure prophylaxsis (PrEP) efficacy among men who have sex with men who use alcohol and other substances during sex... - Hepatitis B infection and vaccination among high-risk noninjection drug-using women: baseline data from the UNITY studyBeryl A Koblin
Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention, New York Blood Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Sex Transm Dis 34:917-22. 2007..This study was designed to assess the extent of HBV infection and vaccination, level of knowledge about hepatitis B, motivators and barriers to accepting vaccination and uptake of hepatitis B vaccine... - Safety and immunogenicity of an HIV adenoviral vector boost after DNA plasmid vaccine prime by route of administration: a randomized clinical trialBeryl A Koblin
Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention, New York Blood Center, New York, New York, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e24517. 2011..In the development of HIV vaccines, improving immunogenicity while maintaining safety is critical. Route of administration can be an important factor... - Violence and HIV-related risk among young men who have sex with menB A Koblin
The New York Blood Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
AIDS Care 18:961-7. 2006..HIV prevention interventions need to include multiple factors that may have an impact on risk, including substance use and abuse, anti-violence and other mental-health issues... - Risk factors for HIV infection among men who have sex with menBeryl A Koblin
Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention, The New York Blood Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
AIDS 20:731-9. 2006..Risk factors for HIV acquisition were examined in a recent cohort of men who have sex with men (MSM)... - High prevalence of HIV infection among young men who have sex with men in New York CityB A Koblin
Wolf Szumness Laboratory of Epidemiology, The New York Blood Center, NY 10021, USA
AIDS 14:1793-800. 2000..To determine the prevalence of HIV infection and risk behaviors among young men who have sex with men (MSM) aged 15-22 years in New York City... - Involving women in HIV vaccine efficacy trials: lessons learned from a vaccine preparedness study in New York CityP Brown-Peterside
Laboratory of Epidemiology, The New York Blood Center, USA
J Urban Health 77:425-37. 2000..Successfully retaining these cohorts over time and detecting a high enough HIV seroincidence rate present ongoing challenges that will need to be addressed to ensure women's involvement in future trials in the US... - High-risk behaviors among men who have sex with men in 6 US cities: baseline data from the EXPLORE StudyBeryl A Koblin
New York Blood Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Am J Public Health 93:926-32. 2003..We describe the prevalence of risk behaviors at baseline among men who have sex with men (MSM) who were enrolled in a randomized behavioral intervention trial conducted in 6 US cities... - Acceptability of a stage-matched expert system intervention to increase condom use among women at high risk of HIV infection in New York CityP Brown-Peterside
Wolf Szmuness Laboratory of Epidemiology, The New York Blood Center, New York City, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 12:171-81. 2000.... - Attitudes about combination HIV therapies: the next generation of gay men at riskBeryl A Koblin
Laboratory of Epidemiology, New York Blood Center, 310 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Urban Health 80:510-9. 2003..Attitudes about HAART were not associated with sexual risk behaviors. Prevention efforts among young MSM should focus on other determinants of risk, but also include information on the changing nature of HIV therapies... - Retaining hard-to-reach women in HIV prevention and vaccine trials: Project ACHIEVEP Brown-Peterside
Laboratory of Epidemiology, New York Blood Center, NY 10456, USA
Am J Public Health 91:1377-9. 2001..These results suggest that concerns about retaining hard-to-reach populations should not cause these populations to be excluded from HIV vaccine and prevention trials... - Double trouble: violent and non-violent traumas among women at sexual risk of HIV infectionPamela Brown-Peterside
Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention, New York Blood Center, New York, USA
Women Health 36:51-64. 2002..This study examines the association between trauma and HIV risk behaviors among women at sexual risk for HIV infection... - Sexual partnering and HIV risk among black men who have sex with men: New York CityHong Van Tieu
Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention, Lindsley F Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, 310 East 67th Street 3 110, New York, NY 10065, USA
J Urban Health 87:113-21. 2010..In conclusion, HIV prevalence was high among Black MSM in NYC, as was lack of awareness of HIV-positive status. Having a sexual partner of same race/ethnicity or older age was not associated with having UAI among Black MSM... - Engaging members of African American and Latino communities in preventive HIV vaccine trialsMagdalena E Sobieszczyk
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 51:194-201. 2009..The success in engaging and enrolling AAs and Latinos in phase 1 and phase 2 vaccine trials at 2 research sites in New York City is described... - HIV, alcohol, and noninjection drug useHong Van Tieu
Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention, New York Blood Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
Curr Opin HIV AIDS 4:314-8. 2009..In this review, we discuss recent data on the prevalence of alcohol and noninjection drug use and the relationship to HIV acquisition and transmission risk... - Hepatitis C virus infection among noninjecting drug users in New York CityBeryl A Koblin
Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention, New York Blood Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
J Med Virol 70:387-90. 2003..These findings suggest that sniffing or snorting heroin with cocaine may explain the increase frequently found in HCV infection among noninjectors, but further studies are necessary... - Douching practices among women at high risk of HIV infection in the United States: implications for microbicide testing and useBeryl A Koblin
Laboratory of Epidemiology, New York Blood Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
Sex Transm Dis 29:406-10. 2002..Douching may interfere with determination of microbicide safety and effectiveness. This practice has not been adequately studied among women at risk of HIV infection... - Increased high risk sexual behavior after September 11 in men who have sex with men: an Internet surveyMary Ann Chiasson
Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, Inc, NY 10013, USA
Arch Sex Behav 34:527-35. 2005..Counseling about substance abuse and risky sexual behavior should be incorporated into trauma-related programs for adolescents and adults... - Associations of race/ethnicity with HIV prevalence and HIV-related behaviors among young men who have sex with men in 7 urban centers in the United StatesNina T Harawa
County of Los Angeles, Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA 90005, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 35:526-36. 2004..Prevention programs should address risks in steady partnerships, target young men before sexual initiation with male partners, and tailor interventions to men of color and of lower socioeconomic status... - HIV prevention services received at health care and HIV test providers by young men who have sex with men: an examination of racial disparitiesStephanie K Behel
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Urban Health 85:727-43. 2008..Differential experience with HIV prevention services does not explain the higher HIV prevalence among black and Hispanic MSM... - Regional patterns and correlates of substance use among young men who have sex with men in 7 US urban areasHanne Thiede
Public Health Seattle and King County, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Am J Public Health 93:1915-21. 2003..We sought to characterize substance use patterns in young men who have sex with men (MSM) in 7 US urban areas and sociodemographic characteristics and history associated with such use... - An individually tailored intervention for HIV prevention: baseline data from the EXPLORE StudyMargaret A Chesney
School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Am J Public Health 93:933-8. 2003..We describe the intervention tested in EXPLORE, an HIV prevention trial aimed at men who have sex with men (MSM), and test the empirical basis of the individually tailored intervention... - Race/ethnic differences in HIV prevalence and risks among adolescent and young adult men who have sex with menDavid D Celentano
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, USA
J Urban Health 82:610-21. 2005..These findings suggest the need for HIV prevention and testing programs which target young racial/ethnic minority MSM and highlight identified risk factors and behaviors... - Herpes simplex virus type 2 infection as a risk factor for human immunodeficiency virus acquisition in men who have sex with menCristina Renzi
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
J Infect Dis 187:19-25. 2003..HSV-2 increases the risk of HIV acquisition, independent of recognized herpes lesions and behaviors reflecting potential HIV exposure. HSV-2 suppression with antiviral therapy should be evaluated as an HIV prevention strategy among MSM... - Repeat HIV testing, risk behaviors, and HIV seroconversion among young men who have sex with men: a call to monitor and improve the practice of preventionDuncan A MacKellar
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 29:76-85. 2002..We compared recent risk behaviors and HIV seroconversion among young men who have sex with men (MSM) who were first-time, infrequent, and repeat HIV testers... - The Young Men's Survey phase II: hepatitis B immunization and infection among young men who have sex with menCindy M Weinbaum
Office of Communications, NCHHSTP, Mailstop E 06, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16000 Clifton Road, Atlanta GA 30333, USA
Am J Public Health 98:839-45. 2008..We measured the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) immunization and HBV infection among men aged 23 to 29 years who have sex with men... - Perceptions of lifetime risk and actual risk for acquiring HIV among young men who have sex with menDuncan A MacKellar
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS E 46, Atlanta, Georgia, GA 30333, USA
AIDS Behav 11:263-70. 2007..To increase HIV testing, prevention providers should intensify efforts to assess, and to increase when needed, perceptions of lifetime risks for acquiring HIV among young MSM... - Associations between substance use and sexual risk among very young men who have sex with menDavid D Celentano
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:265-71. 2006.... - Recent HIV testing among young men who have sex with men: correlates, contexts, and HIV seroconversionDuncan A MacKellar
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:183-92. 2006..We evaluated the correlates and contexts of HIV testing within the past year, subsequent risk reduction, and HIV seroconversion among young men who have sex with men (MSM)... - Unintentional HIV exposures from young men who have sex with men who disclose being HIV-negativeDuncan A MacKellar
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
AIDS 20:1637-44. 2006..To evaluate the proportion of new sexual partners potentially exposed to HIV from young MSM who disclosed being HIV-negative... - Sexual risk, nitrite inhalant use, and lack of circumcision associated with HIV seroconversion in men who have sex with men in the United StatesSusan P Buchbinder
AIDS Office, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 39:82-9. 2005..8, PAR = 7%). Having a large number of male sex partners, nitrite inhalant use, and engaging in receptive anal sex explained the majority of infections in this cohort and should be targeted in prevention strategies for MSM... - Unrecognized HIV infection, risk behaviors, and perceptions of risk among young men who have sex with men: opportunities for advancing HIV prevention in the third decade of HIV/AIDSDuncan A MacKellar
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 38:603-14. 2005..To advance HIV prevention in the third decade of HIV/AIDS, prevention programs must reduce unrecognized infection among young MSM by increasing the demand for and availability of HIV testing services... - Awareness of HIV prevention strategies under development: word on the streetBeryl A Koblin
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 48:232-4. 2008 - Breakthrough infections during phase 1 and 2 prime-boost HIV-1 vaccine trials with canarypox vectors (ALVAC) and booster dose of recombinant gp120 or gp160Deborah Lee
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Infect Dis 190:903-7. 2004..4, P =.1, and P =.7, respectively). Persons who acquire HIV-1 infection while enrolled in HIV-1 vaccine trials can be successfully followed after infection, to determine whether vaccines alter the course of HIV-1 infection... - High-dose recombinant Canarypox vaccine expressing HIV-1 protein, in seronegative human subjectsPaul A Goepfert
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 2050, USA
J Infect Dis 192:1249-59. 2005..0) TCID50 (60 participants) than when given at the regular dose, 10(7.26) TCID50 (40 participants); as a control, a placebo vaccine preparation also was administered (10 participants)... - Pregnancies among high-risk women in the first ever HIV vaccine efficacy trialPamela Brown-Peterside
AIDS 17:787-8. 2003 - Randomized, controlled evaluation of a prototype informed consent process for HIV vaccine efficacy trialsAnne S Coletti
Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 32:161-9. 2003..It is recommended that the prototype informed consent process be adopted for future HIV vaccine efficacy trials as well as for clinical trials in other research areas... - Enrollment of racial/ethnic minorities in NIAID-funded networks of HIV vaccine trials in the United States, 1988 to 2002Gaston Djomand
HIV Vaccine Trials Network, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
Public Health Rep 120:543-8. 2005..S. conducted by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)-funded networks from 1988 to 2002...
Research Grants
- Community Factors, HIV and Related Health Outcomes in Men Who Have Sex With MenBeryl Koblin; Fiscal Year: 2009..This study will have direct implications for the design of structural, community-based and outreach interventions for men who have sex with men. ..
- Reducing sexual risk among African American heterosexual menBeryl Koblin; Fiscal Year: 2007..This study will develop and test a behavioral intervention to reduce sexual risk and increase HIV testing among heterosexually active African American men. ..
- Reducing Sexual Risk in African American Men Who Have Sex With Men: Cooking ClubBeryl Koblin; Fiscal Year: 2007..The hypothesis to be tested is that a culturally appropriate, theory-based behavioral intervention that addresses sexual risk and related factors will reduce sexual risk behaviors among African American MSM. ..
- HIV Vaccine Trials in WomenBeryl Koblin; Fiscal Year: 2006..The primary outcomes to be compared are measures of unprotected sex and vaccine knowledge scores. ..
- Community Factors, HIV and Related Health Outcomes in Men Who Have Sex With MenBeryl A Koblin; Fiscal Year: 2010..This study will have direct implications for the design of structural, community-based and outreach interventions for men who have sex with men. ..