• 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 ...
    • Limited cross-border infections in patients newly diagnosed with HIV in Europe 

      Frentz, Dineke; Wensing, Annemarie M. J.; Albert, Jan; Paraskevis, Dimitrios; Abecasis, Ana B.; Hamouda, Osamah; Jørgensen, Louise B.; Kücherer, Claudia; Struck, Daniel; Schmit, Jean-Claude; Åsjø, Birgitta; Balotta, Claudia; Beshkov, Danail; Camacho, Ricardo J.; Clotet, Bonaventura; Coughlan, Suzie; De Wit, Stéphane; Griskevicius, Algirdas; Grossman, Zehava; Horban, Andrzej; Kolupajeva, Tatjana; Korn, Klaus; Kostrikis, Leondios G.; Liitsola, Kirsi; Linka, Marek; Nielsen, Claus; Otelea, Dan; Paredes, Roger; Poljak, Mario; Puchhammer-Stöckl, Elisabeth; Sönnerborg, Anders; Stanekova, Danica; Stanojevic, Maja; Vandamme, Anne-Mieke; Boucher, Charles A. B.; Van de Vijver, David A. M. C.; SPREAD Programme (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-04-03)
      Background: International travel plays a role in the spread of HIV-1 across Europe. It is, however, not known whether international travel is more important for spread of the epidemic as compared to endogenous infections ...
    • Patterns of transmitted HIV drug resistance in Europe vary by risk group 

      Frentz, Dineke; van de Vijver, David A.; Abecasis, Ana B.; Albert, Jan; Hamouda, Osamah; Jørgensen, Louise B.; Kücherer, Claudia; Struck, Daniel; Schmit, Jean-Claude; Vercauteren, Jürgen; Åsjø, Birgitta; Balotta, Claudia; Bergin, Colm; Beshkov, Danail; Camacho, Ricardo; Clotet, Bonaventura; Griskevicius, Algirdas; Grossman, Zehava; Horban, Andrzej; Kolupajeva, Tatjana; Korn, Klaus; Kostrikis, Leondios; Linka, Kirsi Litsola Marek; Nielsen, Claus; Otelea, Dan; Paraskevis, Dimitrios; Paredes, Roger; Poljak, Mario; Puchhammer-Stöckl, Elisabeth; Sönnerborg, Anders; Stanekova, Danica; Stanojevic, Maja; Vandamme, Anne-Mieke; Boucher, Charles A.B.; Wensing, Annemarie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-10)
      Background: In Europe, a continuous programme (SPREAD) has been in place for ten years to study transmission of drug resistant HIV. We analysed time trends of transmitted drug resistance mutations (TDRM) in relation to the ...
    • 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, ...