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| Anne BuveSummaryAffiliation: Institute of Tropical Medicine Country: Belgium Publications
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Male circumcision: implications for women as sexual partners and parentsCatherine Hankins
Department of Policy, Evidence and Partnerships and Chief Scientific Adviser to UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland
Reprod Health Matters 15:62-7. 2007
Sustainability of programs to reach high risk and marginalized populations living with HIV in resource limited settings: implications for HIV treatment and preventionBrian T Montague
Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave, Providence, RI 02906, USA
BMC Public Health 11:701. 2011....- Control of viral replication after cessation of HAARTEllen Van Gulck
Virology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp ITMA, Antwerp, Belgium
AIDS Res Ther 8:6. 2011..We failed to identify any immune activation or genetic markers that could offer an explanation for this unusual "secondary controller" status. But their viruses are clearly less fit compared to viruses from rebounders... - Should all pregnant women be screened for syphilis?Anne Buve
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B 2000 Antwerp, Begium
Womens Health (Lond Engl) 3:547-55. 2007.... - Stronger health systems for more effective HIV/AIDS prevention and careAnne Buve
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Int J Health Plann Manage 18:S41-51. 2003..This interactive effect needs to be acknowledged and built on... - The spread and effect of HIV-1 infection in sub-Saharan AfricaAnne Buve
Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Lancet 359:2011-7. 2002..Interventions to control HIV-1 should not only target individuals, but also aim to change those aspects of cultural and socioeconomic context that increase the vulnerability to HIV-1 of people and communities... - How many patients with a sexually transmitted infection are cured by health services? A study from Mwanza region, TanzaniaA Buve
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Trop Med Int Health 6:971-9. 2001.... - The epidemiology of trichomoniasis in women in four African citiesA Buve
Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
AIDS 15:S89-96. 2001..To describe the epidemiology of Trichomonas vaginalis infection and its association with HIV infection, in women in four African cities with different levels of HIV infection... - The epidemiology of gonorrhoea, chlamydial infection and syphilis in four African citiesA Buve
Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
AIDS 15:S79-88. 2001.... - Multicentre study on factors determining differences in rate of spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: methods and prevalence of HIV infectionA Buve
Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
AIDS 15:S5-14. 2001.... - Interpreting sexual behaviour data: validity issues in the multicentre study on factors determining the differential spread of HIV in four African citiesA Buve
Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
AIDS 15:S117-26. 2001.... - High prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among male sex workers in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire: need for services tailored to their needsBea Vuylsteke
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
Sex Transm Infect 88:288-93. 2012..To assess condom use and prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV among male sex workers (MSW) in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire... - HIV and STI prevalence among female sex workers in Côte d'Ivoire: why targeted prevention programs should be continued and strengthenedBea Vuylsteke
Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
PLoS ONE 7:e32627. 2012..To assess condom use and prevalence of STIs and HIV among female sex workers (FSWs), as part of a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation plan of a nationwide sex worker prevention project in Côte d'Ivoire... - Quantification of bacterial species of the vaginal microbiome in different groups of women, using nucleic acid amplification testsVicky Jespers
Department of Public Health, ITM HIV AIDS Centre, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium
BMC Microbiol 12:83. 2012..We also explored differences in qPCR data between these healthy women and an 'at risk' clinic population of Caucasian, African and Asian women with and without bacterial vaginosis (BV), as defined by the Nugent score... - Safety trial of the vaginal microbicide cellulose sulfate gel in HIV-positive menVicky Jespers
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Sex Transm Dis 34:519-22. 2007..Cellulose sulfate (CS) is a promising vaginal microbicide. Because men will be exposed to the microbicide when engaging in vaginal intercourse, safety and acceptability need to be assessed in men... 
Trichomonas vaginalis is highly prevalent in adolescent girls, pregnant women, and commercial sex workers in Ndola, ZambiaTania Crucitti
HIV STI Reference Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Sex Transm Dis 37:223-7. 2010..The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of Trichomonas sp. infection among adolescent girls, pregnant women, and commercial sex workers in Ndola, Zambia...- Quality of antenatal and delivery care before and after the implementation of a prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programme in Côte d'IvoireThérèse Delvaux
Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Trop Med Int Health 13:970-9. 2008..To assess whether implementation of a prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programme in Côte d'Ivoire improved the quality of antenatal and delivery care services... - HIV epidemics in Africa: what explains the variations in HIV prevalence?Anne Buve
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
IUBMB Life 53:193-5. 2002..Any differences in sexual behavior were outweighed by differences in factors that influence HIV transmission, i.e. male circumcision and HSV-2 infection. These findings have important implications for the design of interventions... - Capture-recapture for estimating the size of the female sex worker population in three cities in Côte d'Ivoire and in Kisumu, western KenyaBea Vuylsteke
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Trop Med Int Health 15:1537-43. 2010..To estimate the female sex worker population size in three cities in Côte d'Ivoire and in Kisumu, Kenya... - Non-sexual transmission of Trichomonas vaginalis in adolescent girls attending school in Ndola, ZambiaTania Crucitti
HIV STI Reference Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
PLoS ONE 6:e16310. 2011..To identify risk factors for trichomoniasis among young women in Ndola, Zambia... - Transmission of HIV-1 infection in sub-Saharan Africa and effect of elimination of unsafe injectionsGeorge P Schmid
WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
Lancet 363:482-8. 2004..Increased efforts are needed to reduce sexual transmission of HIV-1... - Vaginal microbicides can interfere with nucleic acid amplification tests used for the diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infectionTania Crucitti
HIV STD Research and Intervention Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 155 Nationalestraat, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 57:97-9. 2007..We therefore recommend that the effects of microbicide gels on diagnostic assays of sexually transmitted infections be established before starting up clinical studies... - HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2002Judith M Vandepitte
Institute of Tropical Medicine, STD HIV Research and Intervention Unit, Antwerp, Belgium
Sex Transm Dis 34:203-8. 2007..The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among female sex workers (FSWs) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 2002... - The interface between health systems and vertical programmes in Francophone Africa: the managers' perceptionsBasile Keugoung
Ministry of Public Health, Yaounde, Cameroun
Trop Med Int Health 16:478-85. 2011..To explores the interface between vertical programmes (VPs) and general health services (GHS) in sub-Saharan Africa... - Double ethical review of North-South collaborative clinical research: hidden paternalism or real partnership?Raffaella Ravinetto
Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine Prince Leopold, Antwerp, Belgium
Trop Med Int Health 16:527-30. 2011..Proactive communication would help to build collaborative partnership among ethical bodies, promoting common practices and resolving conflicting opinions... - Prevalence of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Kisumu, Western Kenya, 1997 and 2008Hilde M Vandenhoudt
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
PLoS ONE 8:e54953. 2013..Only 50% reported using a condom with the last client. In 2008, we conducted another survey to collect data to inform an intervention targeting FSW in Kisumu... - Integration of comprehensive abortion-care services in a Maternal and Child Health clinic in CambodiaThérèse Delvaux
Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Trop Med Int Health 13:962-9. 2008.... - Evaluation of a U.S. evidence-based parenting intervention in rural Western Kenya: from parents matter! To families matter!Hilde Vandenhoudt
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
AIDS Educ Prev 22:328-43. 2010..Parents are in a unique position to deliver primary prevention to youth before their sexual debut as shown in this Kenyan program... - Hormonal contraception and HIV acquisition - what is the evidence? What are the policy and operational implications?Thérèse Delvaux
Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care 18:15-26. 2013..We critically review the evidence on HIV acquisition among women using hormonal contraception, and discuss the policy and operational implications... - Gender and the use of antiretroviral treatment in resource-constrained settings: findings from a multicenter collaborationPaula Braitstein
Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 17:47-55. 2008.... - Back to basics in HIV prevention: focus on exposureElizabeth Pisani
Family Health International, Bangkok, Thailand
BMJ 326:1384-7. 2003 - Towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support: the role of tuberculosis/HIV collaborationAlasdair Reid
Stop TB Department, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
Lancet Infect Dis 6:483-95. 2006.... - AIDS in AfricaPeter D Ghys
Lancet 360:1425; author reply 1425. 2002 - Complex emergencies, HIV, and substance use: no "big easy" solutionSteffanie A Strathdee
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA
Subst Use Misuse 41:1637-51. 2006 - [Male circumcision--an evidence-based preventive measure]Nicolai Lohse
Ugeskr Laeger 170:2359; author reply 2360. 2008 - The global impact of scaling up HIV/AIDS prevention programs in low- and middle-income countriesJohn Stover
Futures Group/Constella, Glastonbury, CT 06033, USA
Science 311:1474-6. 2006..Thus, greater spending on prevention now would not only prevent more than half the new infections that would occur from 2005 to 2015 but would actually produce a net financial saving as future costs for treatment and care are averted... - The potential impact of male circumcision on HIV in Sub-Saharan AfricaBrian G Williams
World Health Organization, Stop TB Department, Geneva, Switzerland
PLoS Med 3:e262. 2006..We explore the implications of this finding for the promotion of MC as a public health intervention to control HIV in sub-Saharan Africa... - Continuing HIV transmission among injection drug users in Eastern Central Canada: the SurvUDI Study, 1995 to 2000Catherine Hankins
Direction de la Santé Publique de Montréal Centre, Montreal, Canada
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 30:514-21. 2002..To document HIV prevalence/incidence trends from 1995-2000 and associated risk factors among injection drug users (IDUs) in Eastern Central Canada as an indication of harm reduction strategy effectiveness... - Human papillomavirus and HIV coinfection and the risk of neoplasias of the lower genital tract: a review of recent developmentsAlex Ferenczy
Department of Pathology, McGill University and Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC
CMAJ 169:431-4. 2003..In addition, we present strategies for monitoring and treating noninvasive and invasive neoplasias of the lower genital tract in HIV-positive women... - High levels of HPV-16 DNA are associated with high-grade cervical lesions in women at risk or infected with HIVJulie Fontaine
, , , , Canada
AIDS 19:785-94. 2005..007). CONCLUSION: Higher HPV-16 DNA loads are associated with cervical lesions detected by either histology or cytology. No additional information is gained by measuring integrated or episomal over total HPV-16 DNA loads... - Molecular analysis of human papillomavirus type 52 isolates detected in the genital tract of human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive and -seronegative womenJoséphine Aho
Laboratoire de Virologie Moleculaire, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier, and Département de Microbiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal Montréal, Canada
J Infect Dis 188:1517-27. 2003..White women were more frequently infected by the prototype strain than were women of African descent (P=.0001). The genetic diversity of HPV-52 should facilitate the investigation of the role of genomic variations in cervical disease... - Genomic polymorphism of human papillomavirus type 52 predisposes toward persistent infection in sexually active womenJoséphine Aho
Laboratoire de Virologie Moleculaire, Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Infect Dis 190:46-52. 2004..1 [95% CI, 1.1-200]). In the latter variants, the loss of a binding site for a repressor of HPV expression was associated with the persistence of HPV infection (OR, 7.25 [95% CI, 1.67-31.25])... - Achieving the WHO/UNAIDS antiretroviral treatment 3 by 5 goal: what will it cost?Juan Pablo Gutierrez
Division of Health Economics and Policy, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Lancet 364:63-4. 2004..We estimate that between US5.1 billion dollars and US5.9 billion dollars will be needed by the end of 2005 to provide ART, support programmes, and cover country-level administrative and logistic costs for 3 by 5... - From a vicious circle to a virtuous circle: reinforcing strategies of risk, vulnerability, and impact reduction for HIV preventionCatherine Hankins
Social Mobilisation and Strategic Information Department, UNAIDS-Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
Lancet 364:1915-6. 2004 - Polymorphism of human papillomavirus type 31 isolates infecting the genital tract of HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative women at risk for HIV infectionSimon Gagnon
, , , , Canada
J Med Virol 75:213-21. 2005..03). Four (23.5%) of 17 women with persistent versus 6 (25.0%) of 24 women with transient infections were infected by the prototype (P=1.00). HPV-31 LCR was more polymorphic than oncogenes and was associated with ethnicity... - Influence of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) E2 polymorphism on quantification of HPV-16 episomal and integrated DNA in cervicovaginal lavages from women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasiaNaoufel Azizi
Laboratoire de Virologie Moleculaire, Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Gen Virol 89:1716-28. 2008..24) or CIN-1 (5 of 14, P=0.50). HPV-16 E2 polymorphism was a significant factor that influenced measures of HPV-16 integrated viral load... - Sex, drugs, and gender? High time for lived experience to inform actionCatherine Hankins
Int J Drug Policy 19:95-6. 2008 - Polymorphism of the L1 capsid gene and persistence of human papillomavirus type 52 infection in women at high risk or infected by HIVSimon Gagnon
Laboratoire de Virologie Moleculaire, Centre de Recherche and Département de Microbiologie Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 44:61-5. 2007..45). L1 variations are unlikely to predispose to HPV-52 persistence and thus do not help to identify women at greater risk for HSILs...