Carlos Vera

Title(s)	SRA 3, Medicine
School	Vc-health Sciences-schools
Address	9500 Gilman Drive # La Jolla CA 92093
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Changes in injecting versus smoking heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine among people who inject drugs in San Diego, California, 2020 to 2023. medRxiv. 2024 Feb 27. Eger WH, Abramovitz D, Bazzi AR, Bórquez A, Vera CF, Harvey-Vera A, Friedman JR, Strathdee SA. PMID: 38464097; PMCID: PMC10925373.

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Long-acting Injectable PrEP Interest and General PrEP Awareness among People who Inject Drugs in the San Diego-Tijuana Border Metroplex. AIDS Behav. 2024 Feb 06. Eger WH, Bazzi AR, Valasek CJ, Vera CF, Harvey-Vera A, Artamonova I, Rangel MG, Strathdee SA, Pines HA. PMID: 38319461.

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Acq Acquired Immunodeficiency Synd Beh Behavioral Sciences
Health, harm reduction, and social service providers' perspectives on the appropriateness and feasibility of peer distribution of HIV self-test kits among people who use drugs. Harm Reduct J. 2024 Feb 04; 21(1):29. Bazzi AR, Valasek CJ, Stamos-Buesig T, Eger WH, Harvey-Vera A, Vera CF, Syvertsen JL, Storholm ED, Bartholomew TS, Tookes HE, Strathdee SA, Pines HA. PMID: 38311717; PMCID: PMC10838430.

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Dru Drug Therapy Psy Psychopharmacology Sub Substance-Related Disorders
Translation:Humans
Willingness to use and distribute HIV self-testing kits among people who inject drugs in the San Diego-Tijuana border region. Harm Reduct J. 2024 Jan 03; 21(1):4. Pines HA, Eger WH, Skaathun B, Vera CF, Harvey-Vera A, Rangel G, Strathdee SA, Bazzi AR. PMID: 38172795; PMCID: PMC10765917.

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Dru Drug Therapy Psy Psychopharmacology Sub Substance-Related Disorders
Translation:Humans
WaSH insecurity and anxiety among people who inject drugs in the Tijuana-San Diego border region. BMC Public Health. 2024 01 02; 24(1):19. Portillo LJA, Calderón-Villarreal A, Abramovitz D, Harvey-Vera A, Cassels S, Vera CF, Munoz S, Tornez A, Rangel G, Strathdee SA, Kayser GL. PMID: 38166866; PMCID: PMC10763368.

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Pub Public Health
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
A Brief Peer-Led Intervention to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among People Who Inject Drugs in San Diego County: Results From a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Aug; 10(8):ofad392. Strathdee SA, Abramovitz D, Harvey-Vera AY, Stamos-Buesig T, Vera CF, Artamonova I, Logan J, Patterson TL, Servin AE, Bazzi AR. PMID: 37547856; PMCID: PMC10404005.

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Drug checking in the fentanyl era: Utilization and interest among people who inject drugs in San Diego, California. Int J Drug Policy. 2023 08; 118:104086. Bailey K, Abramovitz D, Artamonova I, Davidson P, Stamos-Buesig T, Vera CF, Patterson TL, Arredondo J, Kattan J, Bergmann L, Thihalolipavan S, Strathdee SA, Borquez A. PMID: 37295217; PMCID: PMC10527490.

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Pub Public Health Sub Substance-Related Disorders
Translation:Humans
Preliminary Efficacy of a Theory-Informed Intervention to Increase COVID-19 Testing Uptake Among People Who Inject Drugs in San Diego County: Findings From a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Behav Med. 2023 05 23; 57(6):472-482. Bazzi AR, Abramovitz D, Harvey-Vera A, Stamos-Buesig T, Vera CF, Artamonova I, Logan J, Patterson TL, Strathdee SA. PMID: 37029714; PMCID: PMC10205139.

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Beh Behavioral Sciences
Translation:Humans
"A lotta people switched playing hard ball to playing Russian roulette": Experiences with rising overdose incidence caused by drug supply changes during the COVID-19 pandemic in the San Diego-Tijuana border metroplex. Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2023 Jun; 7:100154. Valasek CJ, Streuli SA, Pines HA, Strathdee SA, Borquez A, Bourgois P, Stamos-Buesig T, Vera CF, Harvey-Vera A, Bazzi AR. PMID: 37089868; PMCID: PMC10113744.

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The moderating role of resilience in the relationship between experiences of COVID-19 response-related discrimination and disinformation among people who inject drugs. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 05 01; 246:109831. Algarin AB, Yeager S, Patterson TL, Strathdee SA, Harvey-Vera A, Vera CF, Stamos-Buesig T, Artamanova I, Abramovitz D, Smith LR. PMID: 36924661; PMCID: PMC9981478.

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Sub Substance-Related Disorders
Translation:Humans Cells
Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among people who inject drugs. Vaccine. 2023 03 17; 41(12):1916-1924. Strathdee SA, Abramovitz D, Vera CF, Artamonova I, Patterson TL, Smith DM, Chaillon A, Bazzi AR. PMID: 36697311; PMCID: PMC9868393.

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All Allergy and Immunology
Translation:Humans Cells PHPublic Health
Correlates of recent overdose among people who inject drugs in the San Diego/Tijuana border region. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 11 01; 240:109644. Bailey K, Abramovitz D, Patterson TL, Harvey-Vera AY, Vera CF, Rangel MG, Friedman J, Davidson P, Bourgois P, Strathdee SA. PMID: 36179507; PMCID: PMC9608984.

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Sub Substance-Related Disorders
Translation:Humans
COVID-19 vaccination acceptability and experiences among people who inject drugs in San Diego County. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Dec; 30:101989. Valasek CJ, Streuli SA, Pines HA, Mittal ML, Strathdee SA, Vera CF, Harvey-Vera A, Bazzi AR. PMID: 36148319; PMCID: PMC9484100.

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Study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial to increase COVID-19 testing and vaccination among people who inject drugs in San Diego County. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2022 09 05; 17(1):48. Bazzi AR, Harvey-Vera A, Buesig-Stamos T, Abramovitz D, Vera CF, Artamonova I, Patterson TL, Strathdee SA. PMID: 36064745; PMCID: PMC9444113.

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Sub Substance-Related Disorders
Translation:Humans Cells PHPublic Health CTClinical Trials
Correlates of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccine Hesitancy Among People Who Inject Drugs in the San Diego-Tijuana Border Region. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 08 24; 75(1):e726-e733. Strathdee SA, Abramovitz D, Harvey-Vera A, Vera CF, Rangel G, Artamonova I, Patterson TL, Mitchell RA, Bazzi AR. PMID: 35024825; PMCID: PMC8690110.

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Com Communicable Diseases
Translation:Humans Cells
Network-level HIV risk norms are associated with individual-level HIV risk and harm reduction behaviors among people who inject drugs: a latent profile analysis. AIDS Behav. 2023 Feb; 27(2):484-495. Shrader CH, Borquez A, Vasylyeva TI, Chaillon A, Artamanova I, Harvey-Vera A, Vera CF, Rangel G, Strathdee SA, Skaathun B. PMID: 35939177; PMCID: PMC9358371.

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Acq Acquired Immunodeficiency Synd Beh Behavioral Sciences
Translation:Humans
Long-Acting Injectable Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Preferred Over Other Modalities Among People Who Inject Drugs: Findings from a Qualitative Study in California. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2022 07; 36(7):254-262. Bazzi AR, Valasek CJ, Streuli SA, Vera CF, Harvey-Vera A, Philbin MM, Biello KB, Roth AM, Strathdee SA, Pines HA. PMID: 35727647; PMCID: PMC9464050.

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Acq Acquired Immunodeficiency Synd Sex Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Translation:Humans Cells PHPublic Health
A cross-sectional study of factors associated with COVID-19 testing among people who inject drugs: missed opportunities for reaching those most at risk. BMC Public Health. 2022 04 27; 22(1):842. Yeager S, Abramovitz D, Harvey-Vera AY, Vera CF, Algarin AB, Smith LR, Rangel G, Artamonova I, Patterson TL, Bazzi AR, Brugman EL, Strathdee SA. PMID: 35473678; PMCID: PMC9042668.

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Pub Public Health
Translation:Humans Cells
Factors Associated with COVID-19 Testing among People who Inject Drugs: Missed Opportunities for Reaching those Most at Risk. medRxiv. 2022 Jan 05. Yeager S, Abramovitz D, Harvey-Vera A, Vera CF, Algarin AB, Smith LR, Rangel G, Artamonova I, Patterson TL, Bazzi AR, Brugman EL, Strathdee SA. PMID: 35018388; PMCID: PMC8750714.

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Prevalence and correlates of SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among people who inject drugs in the San Diego-Tijuana border region. PLoS One. 2021; 16(11):e0260286. Strathdee SA, Abramovitz D, Harvey-Vera A, Vera CF, Rangel G, Artamonova I, Chaillon A, Ignacio C, Calderon A, Martin NK, Patterson TL. PMID: 34807963; PMCID: PMC8608290.

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Med Medicine (General)Sci Science
Translation:Humans
Optimizing the location of ambulances in Tijuana, Mexico. Comput Biol Med. 2017 01 01; 80:107-115. Dibene JC, Maldonado Y, Vera C, de Oliveira M, Trujillo L, Schütze O. PMID: 27930929.

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Bio Biology Med Medical Informatics Med Medicine (General)
Translation:Humans
Intertwined αβ spectrin meeting helical actin protofilament in the erythrocyte membrane skeleton: wrap-around vs. point-attachment. Ann Biomed Eng. 2011 Jul; 39(7):1984-93. Sche P, Vera C, Sung LA. PMID: 21416170; PMCID: PMC3110870.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering
Translation:Cells
Nanomechanics of multiple units in the erythrocyte membrane skeletal network. Ann Biomed Eng. 2010 Sep; 38(9):2956-67. de Oliveira M, Vera C, Valdez P, Sharma Y, Skelton R, Sung LA. PMID: 20490687; PMCID: PMC2914261.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
A hybrid model for erythrocyte membrane: a single unit of protein network coupled with lipid bilayer. Biophys J. 2007 Jul 15; 93(2):386-400. Zhu Q, Vera C, Asaro RJ, Sche P, Sung LA. PMID: 17449663; PMCID: PMC1896248.

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Bio Biophysics
Translation:Humans Cells
Mapping the tropomyosin isoform 5 binding site on human erythrocyte tropomodulin: further insights into E-Tmod/TM5 interaction. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2005 Dec 15; 444(2):130-8. Vera C, Lao J, Hamelberg D, Sung LA. PMID: 16297372.

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Bio Biochemistry Bio Biophysics
Translation:Humans Cells
3-D nanomechanics of an erythrocyte junctional complex in equibiaxial and anisotropic deformations. Ann Biomed Eng. 2005 Oct; 33(10):1387-404. Vera C, Skelton R, Bossens F, Sung LA. PMID: 16240087.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Protofilament and hexagon: a three-dimensional mechanical model for the junctional complex in the erythrocyte membrane skeleton. Ann Biomed Eng. 2003 Dec; 31(11):1314-26. Sung LA, Vera C. PMID: 14758922.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering
Translation:Cells
E-Tmod capping of actin filaments at the slow-growing end is required to establish mouse embryonic circulation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2003 May; 284(5):H1827-38. Chu X, Chen J, Reedy MC, Vera C, Sung KL, Sung LA. PMID: 12543641.

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Car Cardiology Phy Physiology
Translation:Animals Cells