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| Judith A HahnSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Potential for false positive HIV test results with the serial rapid HIV testing algorithmSteven Baveewo
Department of Medicine, Makerere University School of Medicine, Kampala, Uganda
BMC Res Notes 5:154. 2012..We conducted further testing on this subgroup of samples using qualitative DNA PCR to assess the potential for false positive tests in this situation...- Temporal changes in HCV genotype distribution in three different high risk populations in San Francisco, CaliforniaPaulo Telles Dias
Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Atenção ao Uso de Drogas NEPAD Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro State University of Rio de Janeiro, 20940 200 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
BMC Infect Dis 11:208. 2011..In the United States (U.S.) HCV GT 1 is reported as the most common infecting GT among chronically infected patients. In Europe, however, recent studies have suggested that the epidemiology of HCV GTs is changing... - BRIEF REPORT: the aging of the homeless population: fourteen-year trends in San FranciscoJudith A Hahn
Epi Center, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 1372, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:775-8. 2006..Homelessness is associated with high rates of health and substance use problems... 
Hepatotoxicity during nevirapine-based fixed-dose combination antiretroviral therapy in kampala, UgandaJudith A Hahn
Epidemiology and Preventions Center, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic) 6:83-6. 2007..Monitoring for NVP-related severe hepatic toxicity should be part of expanding antiretroviral treatment programs in resource-limited settings...- Sex, drugs, and hepatitis C virusJudith A Hahn
Epidemiology and Prevention Interventions Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Infect Dis 195:1556-9. 2007 - Traveling young injection drug users at high risk for acquisition and transmission of viral infectionsJudith A Hahn
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 93:43-50. 2008..Young injection drug users (IDU) are highly mobile. It is not known how mobility affects their risk of acquiring and transmitting viral infections... - Gender differences in sexual and injection risk behavior among active young injection drug users in San Francisco (the UFO Study)Jennifer L Evans
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
J Urban Health 80:137-46. 2003..Interventions to reduce sexual and injection practices that put women at risk of contracting hepatitis and HIV are needed... - Revolving doors: imprisonment among the homeless and marginally housed populationMargot B Kushel
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California San Francisco at SF General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Am J Public Health 95:1747-52. 2005..We studied a sample of homeless and marginally housed adults to examine whether a history of imprisonment was associated with differences in health status, drug use, and sexual behaviors among the homeless... 
Trends in methamphetamine use in young injection drug users in San Francisco from 1998 to 2004: the UFO StudyAline Inglez-Dias
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Drug Alcohol Rev 27:286-91. 2008..To describe temporal trends in methamphetamine use among young injection drug users (IDU) in San Francisco...- Hepatitis C virus infection in San Francisco's HIV-infected urban poorChristopher S Hall
Division of Infectious Diseases, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:357-65. 2004..Urban poor, nonwhite individuals are less likely to receive HCV testing and subspecialty referral than their white counterparts. Antibody-negative infection may complicate screening and diagnosis in HIV-infected persons. J.. - Mortality among young injection drug users in San Francisco: a 10-year follow-up of the UFO studyJennifer L Evans
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Am J Epidemiol 175:302-8. 2012..These findings highlight the continued need for public health interventions that address the risk of overdose in this population in order to reduce premature deaths... - Tripling of methamphetamine/amphetamine use among homeless and marginally housed persons, 1996-2003Moupali Das-Douglas
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Urban Health 85:239-49. 2008..Further research is needed to elucidate the most effective prevention and treatment for MA use and dependence among the H/M... - Heroin overdose among young injection drug users in San FranciscoKristen C Ochoa
University of California, San Francisco General Hospital, 995 Potrero Avenue, Building 90, Ward 95, Room 513, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 80:297-302. 2005..Further research on the role of cocaine and amphetamine in heroin-related overdose is indicated... - Hepatitis C virus risk behaviors within the partnerships of young injecting drug usersJudith A Hahn
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Addiction 105:1254-64. 2010..We sought to determine whether perceiving one's injecting partner to be HCV positive was associated with decreased odds of engaging in receptive needle/syringe sharing (RNS) or ancillary equipment sharing (AES) with that partner... - HIV seroconversion among the homeless and marginally housed in San Francisco: a ten-year studyJudith A Hahn
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-1347, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 37:1616-9. 2004..Policy implications are that HIV resources aimed at the more stable, older homeless population should probably focus on treatment, while prevention efforts, conversely, should probably be targeted to younger homeless persons... - Hepatitis B virus immunization among young injection drug users in San Francisco, Calif: the UFO StudyPaula J Lum
Positive Health Program, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0874, USA
Am J Public Health 93:919-23. 2003 - Hepatitis C virus seroconversion among young injection drug users: relationships and risksJudith A Hahn
Department of Epidemiology, University of California, San Francisco, 94110, USA
J Infect Dis 186:1558-64. 2002..Interventions to reduce HCV transmission must recognize the importance of relationships on injecting risk... - Adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy in the homeless population in San Francisco: a prospective studyAndrew R Moss
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Clin Infect Dis 39:1190-8. 2004.... - Predictors of injection drug use cessation and relapse in a prospective cohort of young injection drug users in San Francisco, CA (UFO Study)Jennifer L Evans
Prevention and Public Health Group, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, 50 Beale St, Suite 1200, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 101:152-7. 2009..Studies of injection drug use cessation have largely sampled adults in drug treatment settings. Little is known about injection cessation and relapse among young injection drug users (IDU) in the community... - The association between use of non-injection drug implements and hepatitis C virus antibody status in homeless and marginally housed persons in San FranciscoKeith A Hermanstyne
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, 401 Parnassus Ave, Box 0984, San Francisco, CA 94143 0984, USA
J Public Health (Oxf) 34:330-9. 2012..To date research on transmission of HCV via shared implements used to snort or smoke non-injection drugs has been inconclusive... - Frequent longitudinal sampling of hepatitis C virus infection in injection drug users reveals intermittently detectable viremia and reinfectionKimberly Page
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Clin Infect Dis 56:405-13. 2013..Detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) reinfection and intercalation (ie, intermittent recurrent bouts of viremia with homologous virus interspersed with aviremic periods) requires extensive and frequent evaluation and viral sequencing... - Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) as a biomarker of alcohol consumption in HIV-positive patients in sub-Saharan AfricaJudith A Hahn
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 94143 0886, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 36:854-62. 2012..Our goal was to examine the test characteristics of a direct metabolite of alcohol consumption, phosphatidylethanol (PEth)... - Prevalence and correlates of HIV infection among young injection drug users in San FranciscoKimberly Page Shafer
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, 94105, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 31:422-31. 2002..We assessed the prevalence of HIV infection and associated risk behaviors among street-recruited young injection drug users (IDUs) in San Francisco... - Acute hepatitis C virus infection in young adult injection drug users: a prospective study of incident infection, resolution, and reinfectionKimberly Page
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, 50 Beale St, Ste 1200, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
J Infect Dis 200:1216-26. 2009..Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, clearance, and reinfection are best studied in injection drug users (IDUs), who have the highest incidence of HCV and are likely to represent most infections... - Witnessing heroin-related overdoses: the experiences of young injectors in San FranciscoPeter J Davidson
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, 94143, USA
Addiction 97:1511-6. 2002..Assessment of young injectors' exposure and response to others' heroin-related overdose... - Alcohol and HIV disease progression: weighing the evidenceJudith A Hahn
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0811, USA
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 7:226-33. 2010.... - Adding fuel to the fire: alcohol's effect on the HIV epidemic in Sub-Saharan AfricaJudith A Hahn
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 8:172-80. 2011..This article reviews the current knowledge on how alcohol impacts the HIV epidemic in SSA, summarizes current interventions and policies, and identifies areas for increased research and development... - Potential impact of vaccination on the hepatitis C virus epidemic in injection drug usersJudith A Hahn
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0811, USA
Epidemics 1:47-57. 2009.... - Hazardous alcohol consumption among young adult IDU and its association with high risk behaviorsChloe Le Marchand
University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0886, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 127:143-9. 2013..However, limited information exists on the relationship between alcohol use and injecting and sexual risk in young adult IDU (<30 years) who are at risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV infection... - Biomarker testing to estimate under-reported heavy alcohol consumption by persons with HIV initiating ART in UgandaJudith A Hahn
University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0811, USA
AIDS Behav 14:1265-8. 2010..These results suggest likely under-report in those reporting abstaining and current drinking. Improved identification of heavy alcohol consumption is needed for research and clinical purposes... - Alcohol use, depressive symptoms and the receipt of antiretroviral therapy in southwest UgandaPriscilla Martinez
Section for International Health, Department of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo 0407, Norway
AIDS Behav 12:605-12. 2008..Among 421 HIV-infected patients, factors associated with the receipt of ART were having at least primary education, having an opportunistic infection in the last 3 months, and not drinking within the last year... - Preventing hepatitis C virus infection in injection drug users: risk reduction is not enoughKimberly Page-Shafer
AIDS 21:1967-9. 2007
Research Grants
- Dynamic Modeling of the HCV Epidemic in IDUJudith Hahn; Fiscal Year: 2007..Public Health Relevance: This training and research will equip Dr. Hahn with the tools to conduct modeling studies based on solid epidemiologic data to guide the planning of effective interventions to reduce the HCV epidemic in IDU. ..
- Measurement of Alcohol Use Among HIV-Positives in UgandaJudith Hahn; Fiscal Year: 2007..This study will validate novel biomarkers and new and standard self-reported measures of alcohol use among HIV positives in Uganda. ..