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

Authors: Vinken L, Fransen K, Cuypers L, Alexiev I, Balotta C, Debaisieux L, Seguin-Devaux C, García Ribas S, Gomes P, Incardona F, Kaiser R, Ruelle J, Sayan M, Paraschiv S, Paredes R, Peeters M, Sönnerborg A, Vancutsem E, Vandamme AM, Van den Wijngaert S, Van Ranst M, Verhofstede C, Stadler T, Lemey P, Van Laethem K
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30972053

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) non-B subtype infections occurred in Belgium since the 1980s, mainly amongst migrants and heterosexuals, whereas subtype B predominated in men-having-sex-with-men (MSM). In the last decade, the diagnosis of F1 sub-subtype in particular has increased substantially, which prompted us to perform a detailed reconstruction of its epidemiological history. To this […]
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A21 HIV-1 sub-subtype F1 outbreak among MSM in Belgium

Authors: Alexiev I, Balotta C, Debaisieux L, Devaux C, Fransen K, García Ribas S, Gomes P, Incardona F, Kaiser R, Lemey P, Paraschiv S, Paredes R, Peeters M, Pineda-Peña AC, Ruelle J, Sayan M, Sönnerborg A, Van den Wijngaert S, Van Laethem K, Van Ranst M, Vancutsem E, Vandamme AM, Verhofstede C, Vinken L
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Virus Evolution
Link: https://academic.oup.com/ve/article/3/suppl_1/vew036.020/4090767%20

HIV-1 non-B subtype infections have been observed in Belgium since the 1980s. However, subtype B predominates amongst men having sex with men (MSM), whereas other subtypes are mainly associated with sub-Saharan African migrants and heterosexual risk behavior. In the last decade, subtype F1 diagnoses have increased substantially in Belgium, representing 9% of newly diagnosed and […]
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RegaDB: Community-driven data management and analysis for infectious diseases

Authors: Alcantara LC, Assel M, Ayouba A, Beheydt G, Boucher C, Camacho RJ, Carvalho AP, Cavaco-Silva J, De Bel A, De Munter P, De Oliveira T, Deforche K, Ferreira F, Grossman Z, Imbrechts S, Kaiser R, Lacor P, Lapadula G, Libin P, Otelea D, Paraschiv S, Peeters M, Ruelle J, Sloot P, Snoeck J, Theys K, Torti C, Van Laethem K, Van Wijngaerden E, Vandamme AM, Wesner S, Zazzi M
Journal: Bioinformatics
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23645815

RegaDB is a free and open source data management and analysis environment for infectious diseases. RegaDB allows clinicians to store, manage and analyse patient data, including viral genetic sequences. Moreover, RegaDB provides researchers with a mechanism to collect data in a uniform format and offers them a canvas to make newly developed bioinformatics tools available to clinicians and virologists through a user friendly interface.
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Geographic and Temporal Trends in the Molecular Epidemiology and Genetic Mechanisms of Transmitted HIV-1 Drug Resistance: An Individual-Patient- and Sequence-Level Meta-Analysis

Authors: Aghokeng AF, Albert J, Avi R, Avila-Rios S, Bertagnolio S, Bessong PO, Blanco JL, Boucher CA, Brooks JI, Brumme ZL, Busch MP, Bussmann H, Chaix ML, Chin BS, D'Aquin TT, De Gascun CF, de Wit TR, Derache A, Descamps D, Deshpande AK, Djoko CF, Eshleman SH, Fleury H, Frange P, Fujisaki S, Hamers RL, Harrigan PR, Hattori J, Holguin A, Hunt GM, Ichimura H, Ioannidis JPA, Jordan MR, Kaleebu P, Katzenstein D, Kiertiburanakul S, Kim JH, Kim SS, Lemey P, Li Y, Lutsar I, Morris L, Ndembi N, Ng KP, Paranjape RS, Peeters M, Poljak M, Price MA, Ragonnet-Cronin ML, Reyes-Terán G, Rhee SY, Rolland M, Shafer RW, Sirivichayakul S, Smith DM, Soares MA, Soriano VV, Ssemwanga D, Stanojevic M, Stefani MA, Sugiura W, Sungkanuparph S, Tanuri A, Taylor J, Tee KK, Truong HM, Van de Vijver DA, Vandamme AM, Varghese V, Vidal N, Yang C, Yang R, Yebra G
Publication Year: 2015
Journal: Plos Medicine
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25849352

BACKGROUND: Regional and subtype-specific mutational patterns of HIV-1 transmitted drug resistance (TDR) are essential for informing first-line antiretroviral (ARV) therapy guidelines and designing diagnostic assays for use in regions where standard genotypic resistance testing is not affordable. We sought to understand the molecular epidemiology of TDR and to identify the HIV-1 drug-resistance mutations responsible for […]
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The early spread and epidemic ignition of HIV-1 in human populations

Authors: Arinaminpathy N, Baele G, Bedford T, Faria NR, Lemey P, Peeters M, Pepin J, Posada D, Pybus OG, Rambaut A, Sousa JD, Suchard MA, Tatem AJ, Ward MJ
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Science
Link: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/346/6205/56.abstract

Thirty years after the discovery of HIV-1, the early transmission, dissemination, and establishment of the virus in human populations remain unclear. Using statistical approaches applied to HIV-1 sequence data from central Africa, we show that from the 1920s Kinshasa (in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo) was the focus of early transmission and the source of pre-1960 pandemic viruses elsewhere.
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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

A21 HIV-1 sub-subtype F1 outbreak among MSM in Belgium

RegaDB: Community-driven data management and analysis for infectious diseases

Geographic and Temporal Trends in the Molecular Epidemiology and Genetic Mechanisms of Transmitted HIV-1 Drug Resistance: An Individual-Patient- and Sequence-Level Meta-Analysis

The early spread and epidemic ignition of HIV-1 in human populations

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