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HIV incidence on the increase among homosexual men attending an Amsterdam sexually transmitted disease clinic: using a novel approach for detecting recent infectionsNicole H T M Dukers
Cluster Infectious Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic, Municipal Health Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
AIDS 16:F19-24. 2002..Dramatic increases have occurred in sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and in sexual risk behaviour among homosexual men in Amsterdam and internationally. We investigated whether these trends indicate a resurgence of the HIV epidemic...- Strong decline in herpes simplex virus antibodies over time among young homosexual men is associated with changing sexual behaviorN H Dukers
Division of Public Health and Environment, Municipal Health Service Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Am J Epidemiol 152:666-73. 2000..Furthermore, these data suggest an increasing sexual component in HSV1 transmission over time... - Sexual risk behaviour relates to the virological and immunological improvements during highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1 infectionN H Dukers
Division of Public Health and Environment, Municipal Health Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
AIDS 15:369-78. 2001.... - Human herpesvirus 8 infections in the Amsterdam Cohort Studies (1984-1997): analysis of seroconversions to ORF65 and ORF73J Goudsmit
Department of Human Retrovirology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97:4838-43. 2000..Together with the previously reported link between unprotected orogenital sex and HHV8 seroconversion, our observations suggest that HHV8 seroconversions result from primary infections... - Condom use rather than serosorting explains differences in HIV incidence among men who have sex with menAkke K van der Bij
Department of Research, Cluster Infectious Diseases, Health Service of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 45:574-80. 2007..We studied whether sexual behaviors in these 2 groups are consistent with serosorting and if serosorting explains the difference in HIV incidence... - Increase in sexually transmitted infections among homosexual men in Amsterdam in relation to HAARTI G Stolte
Division of Public Health and Environment, Municipal Health Service Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sex Transm Infect 77:184-6. 2001.... - Low HIV-testing rates and awareness of HIV infection among high-risk heterosexual STI clinic attendees in The NetherlandsAkke K van der Bij
Department of Research, Cluster Infectious Diseases, Health Service of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Eur J Public Health 18:376-9. 2008..This study evaluates whether this more active HIV-testing policy increased uptake of HIV testing and awareness of an HIV-positive serostatus among heterosexual attendees... - High prevalence of syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases among sex workers in China: potential for fast spread of HIVA van den Hoek
Municipal Health Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
AIDS 15:753-9. 2001..Staff of a maternal and neonatal hospital in Guangzhou felt the need for an STD care and prevention programme for sex workers outside detention, and started a programme within their hospital, which was unique in the Chinese context... - High prevalence of Epstein-Barr virus type 2 among homosexual men is caused by sexual transmissionD van Baarle
Dept of Clinical Viro Immunology, CLB, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Infect Dis 181:2045-9. 2000..These data support the conclusion that EBV type 2 infection is more prevalent among white homosexual men and is caused by sexual transmission... - Rise in seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus type 1 among highly sexual active homosexual men and an increasing association between herpes simplex virus type 2 and HIV over time (1984-2003)Colette Smit
Cluster Infectious Diseases, Health Service of Amsterdam, Stichting HIV monitoring, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Eur J Epidemiol 22:937-44. 2007..HSV-2 is considered to be an important risk factor for HIV transmission. We therefore studied changes in the HSV-1 and HSV-2 prevalence in a large cohort of men who have sex with men (MSM) over a 20-year time period... - Low HIV-testing rates among younger high-risk homosexual men in AmsterdamIneke G Stolte
Health Service Amsterdam, Cluster of Epidemiology, Documentation and Health Promotion, Nieuwe Achtergracht 100, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sex Transm Infect 83:387-91. 2007.... - HIV incidence and HIV testing behavior in men who have sex with men: using three incidence sources, The Netherlands, 1984-2005Nicole H T M Dukers
Department of Research, Cluster Infectious Diseases, Health Service of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
AIDS 21:491-9. 2007..Given a general rise in sexually transmitted infections (STI) and risky sexual behavior, we examine the HIV incidence among MSM in the Netherlands with data from three different sources... - 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... - Association between 'safer sex fatigue' and rectal gonorrhea is mediated by unsafe sex with casual partners among HIV-positive homosexual menIneke G Stolte
Cluster of Infectious Diseases, HIV and STD Research, Municipal Health Service, Amsterdam, and the Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Sex Transm Dis 33:201-8. 2006.... - 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... - Perceived viral load, but not actual HIV-1-RNA load, is associated with sexual risk behaviour among HIV-infected homosexual menIneke G Stolte
Municipal Health Service Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
AIDS 18:1943-9. 2004..The present study focused on time trends in sexual risk behaviour and predictors for unprotected anal intercourse in the HAART era among HIV-infected homosexual men... - Homosexual men change to risky sex when perceiving less threat of HIV/AIDS since availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy: a longitudinal studyIneke G Stolte
Cluster of Infectious Diseases, HIV and STI Research, Municipal Health Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
AIDS 18:303-9. 2004..To investigate longitudinally the association between highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)-related beliefs and the change from protected to unprotected anal intercourse with casual partners on an individual level... - No evidence for a sustained increase in sexually transmitted diseases among heterosexuals in Amsterdam, the Netherlands: a 12-year trend analysis at the sexually transmitted disease outpatient clinic, AmsterdamAkke K van der Bij
Department of Research, Cluster Infectious Diseases, Health Service of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sex Transm Dis 34:461-7. 2007..Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are on the rise, mainly among men having sex with men (MSM)... - Risk factors for human herpesvirus 8 infection in a cohort of drug users in the Netherlands, 1985-1996Neil Renwick
Department of Human Retrovirology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Infect Dis 185:1808-12. 2002..Unlike HIV-1, HBV, or HCV infection, HHV-8 infection is uncommon in Amsterdam drug users, as is HHV-8 transmission through IDU... - Response to 'High-risk sexual behaviour increases among London gay men between 1998 and 2001: what is the role of HIV optimism?'Ineke G Stolte
AIDS 17:2011-2; author reply 2012-3. 2003 - Transmission of herpes simplex virus Type 2 among factory workers in EthiopiaYenew Kebede
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, and Ethio-Netherlands AIDS Research Project, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
J Infect Dis 190:365-72. 2004..75 seroconversions/100 PY for women and 4.93 seroconversions/100 PY for men. The high burden of both HSV-2 and HIV infection in Ethiopia warrants stringent control measures... - An update on HIV related epidemiological researchNicole H T M Dukers
Eur J Epidemiol 19:509-11. 2004 - Prevalence and incidence of, and risk factors for, HIV-1 infection among factory workers in Ethiopia, 1997-2001Yared Mekonnen
Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, P O Box 1242, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
J Health Popul Nutr 23:358-68. 2005..The study confirmed that high-risk sexual behaviour and STIs play major roles in the spread of HIV infection in the Ethiopians of both the sexes, but the factors, such as rape and low economic status, make women more vulnerable than men... - Low CD4 T cell counts before HIV-1 seroconversion do not affect disease progression in Ethiopian factory workersYared Mekonnen
Ethio-Netherlands AIDS Research Project, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
J Infect Dis 192:739-48. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Low baseline CD4 T cell counts do not imply shorter survival times in Ethiopians than in other populations, presumably because of a slower decline in CD4 T cell counts... - Lack of Epstein-Barr virus- and HIV-specific CD27- CD8+ T cells is associated with progression to viral disease in HIV-infectionDebbie van Baarle
Department of Clinical Viro Immunology, CLB Sanquin and Landsteiner Laboratory of the Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
AIDS 16:2001-11. 2002..To investigate the underlying mechanism of this loss of immune control phenotypic analysis of HIV- and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-specific CD8+ T cells was performed...