• HIV-1 subtype distribution and its demographic determinants in newly diagnosed patients in Europe suggest highly compartmentalized epidemics 

      Abecasis, Ana B.; Wensing, Annemarie M. J.; Paraskevis, Dimitris; Vercauteren, Jurgen; Theys, Kristof; Van de Vijver, David A. M. C.; Albert, Jan; Åsjø, Birgitta; Balotta, Claudia; Beshkov, Danail; Camacho, Ricardo J.; Clotet, Bonaventura; De Gascun, Cillian; Griskevicius, Algis; Grossman, Zehava; Hamouda, Osamah; Horban, Andrzej; Kolupajeva, Tatjana; Korn, Klaus; Kostrikis, Leon G.; Kücherer, Claudia; Liitsola, Kirsi; Linka, Marek; Nielsen, Claus; Otelea, Dan; Paredes, Roger; Poljak, Mario; Puchhammer-Stöckl, Elisabeth; Schmit, Jean-Claude; Sönnerborg, Anders; Stanekova, Danika; Stanojevic, Maja; Struck, Daniel; Boucher, Charles A. B.; Vandamme, Anne-Mieke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-01-14)
      Background: Understanding HIV-1 subtype distribution and epidemiology can assist preventive measures and clinical decisions. Sequence variation may affect antiviral drug resistance development, disease progression, ...
    • Increase in transmitted resistance to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors among newly diagnosed HIV-1 infections in Europe 

      Frentz, Dineke; Van de Vijver, David A. M. C.; Abecasis, Ana B.; Albert, Jan; Hamouda, Osamah; Jørgensen, Louise B.; Kücherer, Claudia; Struck, Daniel; Schmit, Jean-Claude; Vercauteren, Jurgen; Åsjø, Birgitta; Balotta, Claudia; Beshkov, Danail; Camacho, Ricardo J.; Clotet, Bonaventura; Coughlan, Suzie; Griskevicius, Algirdas; Grossman, Zehava; Horban, Andrzej; Kolupajeva, Tatjana; Korn, Klaus; Kostrikis, Leondios G.; Liitsola, Kirsi; Linka, Marek; Nielsen, Claus; Otelea, Dan; Paraskevis, Dimitrios; Paredes, Roger; Poljak, Mario; Puchhammer-Stöckl, Elisabeth; Sönnerborg, Anders; Stanekova, Danica; Stanojevic, Maja; Van Wijngaerden, Eric; Wensing, Annemarie M. J.; Boucher, Charles A. B.; on behalf of the SPREAD Programme (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-07-21)
      Background: One out of ten newly diagnosed patients in Europe was infected with a virus carrying a drug resistant mutation. We analysed the patterns over time for transmitted drug resistance mutations (TDRM) using data ...
    • Treatment-associated polymorphisms in protease are significantly associated with higher viral load and lower CD4 count in newly diagnosed drug-naive HIV-1 infected patients 

      Theys, Kristof; Deforche, Koen; Vercauteren, Jurgen; Libin, Pieter; van de Vijver, David A. M. C.; Albert, Jan; Åsjø, Birgitta; Balotta, Claudia; Bruckova, Marie; Camacho, Ricardo J.; Clotet, Bonaventura; Coughlan, Suzie; Grossman, Zehava; Hamouda, Osamah; Horban, Andrzei; Korn, Klaus; Kostrikis, Leondios G.; Kücherer, Claudia; Nielsen, Claus; Paraskevis, Dimitrios; Poljak, Mario; Puchhammer-Stockl, Elisabeth; Riva, Chiara; Ruiz, Lidia; Liitsola, Kirsi; Schmit, Jean-Claude; Schuurman, Rob; Sönnerborg, Anders; Stanekova, Danica; Stanojevic, Maja; Struck, Daniel; Van Laethem, Kristel; Wensing, Annemarie M. J.; Boucher, Charles A. B.; Vandamme, Anne-Mieke; on behalf of the SPREAD-programme (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-10-03)
      Background: The effect of drug resistance transmission on disease progression in the newly infected patient is not well understood. Major drug resistance mutations severely impair viral fitness in a drug free environment, ...