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Earlier initiation of antiretroviral treatment coincides with an initial contro...
Vinken, Lore; Katrien, Fransen,; Cuypers, Lize; Alexiev, Ivailo; Balotta, Claudia; Laurent, Debaisieux,; Carole, Seguin-Devaux,; Sergio Garcìa, Ribas,Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) non-B subtype infections occurred in Belgium since the 1980s, mainly amongst migrants and heterosexuals, whereas subtype B predominated in men-having-sex-with-men (MSM). In the last decade, the diagnosis of F1 sub-subtype in particular has increased substantially, which prompted us to perform a detailed reconstruction of its epidemiological history. To this purpose, t...
HIV-1 Infection in Cyprus, the Eastern Mediterranean European Frontier
Pineda-Peña, Andrea Clemencia; Theys, Kristof; Stylianou, Dora C.; Demetriades, Ioannis; Puchhammer, Elisabeth; Vandamme, Anne Mieke; Aleksiev, IvailoSince HIV-1 treatment is increasingly considered an effective preventionstrategy, it is important to study local HIV-1 epidemics to formulate tailored preventionpolicies. The prevalence of HIV-1 in Cyprus was historically low until 2005. To investigatethe shift in epidemiological trends, we studied the transmission dynamics of HIV-1 in Cyprususing a densely sampled Cypriot HIV-1 transmission cohort that include...
Epidemic dispersion of HIV and HCV in a population of co-infected Romanian inje...
Paraschiv, Simona; Banica, Leontina; Nicolae, Ionelia; Niculescu, Iulia; Abagiu, Adrian; Jipa, Raluca; Pineda-Peña, Andrea Clemencia; Pingarilho, MartaCo-infections with HIV and HCV are very frequent among people who inject drugs (PWID). However, very few studies comparatively reconstructed the transmission patterns of both viruses in the same population. We have recruited 117 co-infected PWID during a recent HIV outbreak in Romania. Phylogenetic analyses were performed on HIV and HCV sequences in order to characterize and compare transmission dynamics of the...