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| Sylvia M BruistenSummaryAffiliation: Municipal Health Service Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Diagnosing genital ulcer disease in a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases in Amsterdam, The NetherlandsS M Bruisten
GG and GD, Regional Laboratory of Public Health, Nieuwe Achtergracht 100, 1018 WT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Clin Microbiol 39:601-5. 2001..2% of the patients, with no concordance between serology and PCR. In 37% of the cases, none of the tested microorganisms was detected. Performance of PCR in addition to conventional techniques significantly improved the diagnosis of GUD...- Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis A virus in Amsterdam, the NetherlandsS M Bruisten
Municipal Health Service, Division of Public Health and Environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Med Virol 63:88-95. 2001..If the latter is endemic in the Netherlands, its presence is of importance to the national vaccination strategy... - Genital ulcers in womenSylvia M Bruisten
GG and GD Municipal Health Service, Department of Public Health Laboratory, Nieuwe Achtergracht 100, 1018 WT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Curr Womens Health Rep 3:288-98. 2003..Development of herpes and chancroid vaccines, condom use, and the provision of education and accessible treatment facilities should help those women who now suffer from recurrent GUD infections... - Multicenter validation of the cppB gene as a PCR target for detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeaeS M Bruisten
GG and GD Municipal Health Service, Public Health Laboratory, Nieuwe Achtergracht 100, 1018 WT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Clin Microbiol 42:4332-4. 2004..Using a coded panel of 500 DNA samples, we determined that the cppB gene is missing in 5.8% of N. gonorrhoeae strains, and therefore we consider the cppB gene to be an unsuitable target... - Two decades of hepatitis B infections among drug users in Amsterdam: are they still a high-risk group?Robin van Houdt
Department of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Med Virol 81:1163-9. 2009..These findings suggest that drug users may no longer be a high-risk group for HBV infection in Amsterdam. However, trends in drug use need to be monitored... - Frequent HCV reinfection and superinfection in a cohort of injecting drug users in AmsterdamThijs J W van de Laar
Cluster of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service, Nieuwe Achtergracht 100, 1018 WT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Hepatol 51:667-74. 2009..This study investigates the occurrence of HCV reinfection and superinfection among HCV seroconverters participating in the Amsterdam Cohort Studies among drug users from 1985 through 2005... - Evaluation of high-resolution typing methods for Chlamydia trachomatis in samples from heterosexual couplesReinier J M Bom
Public Health Laboratory, Public Health Service of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 100, 1018 WT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Clin Microbiol 49:2844-53. 2011..This shows that the chlamydial genome in clinical specimens has an appropriate polymorphism to enable epidemiological cluster analysis using MLST and MLVA... - Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis of Neisseria gonorrhoeaeRaymond Heymans
GGD, Public Health Laboratory, Cluster of Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam Health Service, Nieuwe Achtergracht 100, 1018 WT Amsterdam, Netherlands
J Clin Microbiol 49:354-63. 2011..MLVA provided accurate identification of genetically related N. gonorrhoeae strains and revealed clusters of MSM and heterosexuals reflecting distinct transmission networks... - Impact of a targeted hepatitis B vaccination program in Amsterdam, The NetherlandsRobin van Houdt
GGD, Public Health Service, Department of Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Vaccine 25:2698-705. 2007..Currently, 48-72% of the people who should be included in the program are still susceptible to HBV... - Diversity and origin of hepatitis C virus infection among unpaid blood donors in the NetherlandsThijs J W van de Laar
Department of Infectious Diseases, Health Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Transfusion 46:1719-28. 2006..To improve transfusion policy and to increase understanding of the spread of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the general population, HCV infections among voluntary Dutch blood donors were examined with molecular epidemiologic techniques... - High and persistent excretion of hepatitis A virus in immunocompetent patientsGrace M S Tjon
Department of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service of Amsterdam, 1000 CE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Med Virol 78:1398-405. 2006..Blood banks should be aware that viraemia may be present for more than 1 month, and genotype did not affect the duration of virus excretion or jaundice... - Practical implementation of a multiplex PCR for acute respiratory tract infections in childrenPaul Gruteke
Municipal Public Health Laboratory, Municipal Health Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Clin Microbiol 42:5596-603. 2004..The hospitals continued to use M-PCR for NPA-containing samples found to be RSV negative by DFA. Test implementation is more likely with higher diagnostic yield and a protocol that reflects day-to-day clinical and laboratory operations... - Increase in HCV incidence among men who have sex with men in Amsterdam most likely caused by sexual transmissionThijs J W van de Laar
Department of Infectious Diseases, Health Service Amsterdam, 1000 CE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Infect Dis 196:230-8. 2007..Targeted prevention and routine HCV screening among HIV-positive MSM is needed to deter the spread of HCV... - Changes in risk behavior and dynamics of hepatitis C virus infections among young drug users in Amsterdam, the NetherlandsThijs J W van de Laar
Department of Infectious Diseases, Municipal Health Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Med Virol 77:509-18. 2005..Treatment of those infected chronically, in combination with the continuation of prevention programs, might decrease future HCV transmission... - Nasopharyngeal carriage of potential bacterial pathogens related to day care attendance, with special reference to the molecular epidemiology of Haemophilus influenzaePaul G H Peerbooms
Regional Laboratory for Public Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Clin Microbiol 40:2832-6. 2002..DCC are to be considered epidemiological niches with a high potential for the spread of pathogenic microorganisms... - Anal infections with concomitant Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes among men who have sex with men in Amsterdam, the NetherlandsKoen D Quint
The Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Infect Dis 11:63. 2011..To detect concomitant Ct genotype infections, the pmpH LGV PCR and genoTyping Reverse Hybridization Assay (Ct-DT RHA) were used... - Evaluation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis, N. gonorrhoeae Multiantigen sequence typing, and full-length porB gene sequence analysis for molecular epidemiological typingRaymond Heymans
Public Health Laboratory, Cluster of Infectious Diseases, Health Service of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Clin Microbiol 50:180-3. 2012..gonorrhoeae multiantigen sequence typing and full-length porB sequence typing. Assessment of the relatedness of intra- and interpatient isolates showed that all three genotyping techniques display a high resolution and typeability... - Two years' prospective collection of molecular and epidemiological data shows limited spread of hepatitis A virus outside risk groups in Amsterdam, 2000-2002Jim E van Steenbergen
Division of Public Health, Gemeentelijke Geneeskundige en Gezondheidsdienst Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Infect Dis 189:471-82. 2004..Prevention strategies need not include the vaccination of all children living in Amsterdam...