Newly Discovered Archival Data Show Coincidence of a Peak of Sexually Transmitted Diseases with the Early Epicenter of Pandemic HIV-1

Authors: João Dinis Sousa, Philip J Havik, Viktor Müller, Anne-Mieke Vandamme
Publication Year: 2021
Journal: Viruses, 13(9), art 1701
Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/v13091701

ABSTRACT To which extent STDs facilitated HIV-1 adaptation to humans, sparking the pandemic, is still unknown. We searched colonial medical records from 1906–1958 for Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, which was the initial epicenter of pandemic HIV-1, compiling counts of treated STD cases in both Africans and Europeans. Almost all Europeans were being treated, while for Africans, […]
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Comparison of two simulators for individual based models in HIV epidemiology in a population with HSV 2 in Yaoundé (Cameroon)

Authors: Diana M Hendrickx, João Dinis Sousa, Pieter J K Libin, Wim Delva, Jori Liesenborgs, Niel Hens, Viktor Müller, Anne-Mieke Vandamme
Publication Year: 2021
Journal: Scientific Reports, 11, art 14696
Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94289-z

ABSTRACT Model comparisons have been widely used to guide intervention strategies to control infectious diseases. Agreement between different models is crucial for providing robust evidence for policy-makers because differences in model properties can influence their predictions. In this study, we compared models implemented by two individual-based model simulators for HIV epidemiology in a heterosexual population […]
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Behavioral changes before lockdown and decreased retail and recreation mobility during lockdown contributed most to controlling COVID-19 in Western countries

Authors: Anne-Mieke Vandamme, Jurgen Vercauteren, Koen Deforche, Viktor Müller
Publication Year: 2021
Journal: BMC Public Health, 21, art 654
Link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10676-1

ABSTRACT ‘Background:’ The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a lockdown in many countries to control the exponential spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, hereby reducing the time-varying basic reproduction number (Rt) to below one. Governments are looking for evidence to balance the demand of their citizens to ease some of the restriction, against the fear of a […]
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Newly Discovered Archival Data Show Coincidence of a Peak of Sexually Transmitted Diseases with the Early Epicenter of Pandemic HIV-1

Comparison of two simulators for individual based models in HIV epidemiology in a population with HSV 2 in Yaoundé (Cameroon)

Behavioral changes before lockdown and decreased retail and recreation mobility during lockdown contributed most to controlling COVID-19 in Western countries

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