Standardisation of primers and an algorithm for HIV-1 diagnostic PCR evaluated in patients harbouring strains of diverse geographical origin

Anne–Mieke Vandamme, Katrien Fransen, Laurent Debaisieux, +24

Journal of Virological Methods

Hiv-1 Diagnostic PcrViral DiagnosticsDiverse Geographical OriginMedicineDiagnostic Test +8

HIV-1 low-level viraemia assessed with 3 commercial real-time PCR assays show high variability

Jean Ruelle, Laurent Debaisieux, Ellen Vancutsem, +4

BMC Infectious Diseases

Prevalence of Genotypic Resistance among Antiretroviral Drug-Naive HIV-1-Infected Patients in Belgium

Kristien Van Vaerenbergh, Laurent Debaisieux, Nancy De Cabooter, +16

Antiviral Therapy

Phylogenetic analysis of the Belgian HIV-1 epidemic reveals that local transmission is almost exclusively driven by men having sex with men despite presence of large African migrant communities

Chris Verhofstede, Kenny Dauwe, Katrien Fransen, +17

Infection Genetics and Evolution

Blinded, multicenter quality control study for the quantification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in plasma by the Belgian AIDS reference laboratories

Gaëtan Muyldermans, Laurent Debaisieux, Katrien Fransen, +9

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Primary ImmunodeficiencyHuman RetrovirusImmunologyAntiviral TherapyAntiviral Response +6

Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections in Men Who Have Sex With Men: Diagnostic Accuracy of Nucleic Acid Amplification Test on Pooled Urine, Anorectal, and Pharyngeal Specimens

Elise Thielemans, Chloé Wyndham-Thomas, Sophie Henrard, +7

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Test SensitivityDiagnosisGynecologySexual DisordersSocial Sciences +14

Correction of Underquantification of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Load with the Second Version of the Roche Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan Assay

Annelies De Bel, D. Marissens, Laurent Debaisieux, +4

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Earlier Initiation of Antiretroviral Treatment Coincides With an Initial Control of the HIV-1 Sub-Subtype F1 Outbreak Among Men-Having-Sex-With-Men in Flanders, Belgium

Lore Vinken, Katrien Fransen, Lize Cuypers, +22

Frontiers in Microbiology

Development and evaluation of a qualitative reverse-transcriptase nested polymerase chain reaction protocol for same-day viral validation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 ribonucleic acid in processed semen

Benoît Lesage, Anne-Sophie Vannin, Serena Emiliani, +3

Fertility and Sterility

Diagnostic VirologyInfertilityViral ReplicationHuman RetrovirusNucleic Acid Amplification Test +7

Development and Evaluation of Single Sperm Washing for Risk Reduction in Artificial Reproductive Technology (ART) for Extreme Oligospermic HIV Positive Patients

Alionka Bostan, Anne-Sophie Vannin, Serena Emiliani, +3

Current HIV Research