Programme

Netherlands Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Prevention and Treatment
Tuesday 24 November 2009

Final Programme

8:00

Registration

 

Epidemiology
chairs: Joep Lange (AMC, Amsterdam), Bert Hofman (EMC, Rotterdam)


9.00

cART and the HIV epidemic in the Netherlands

Frank de Wolf (SHM, Amsterdam)

9:20

Set-point viral load and transmissibility

Christophe Fraser (Imperial College, London)

9:45

Transmission networks of (resistant) HIV-1 among MSM in the Netherlands

Daniela Bezemer (SHM, Amsterdam)

9:55

High prevalence of asymptomatic STI in HIV-positive MSM, visiting HIV-outpatient clinics in the Netherlands

Marlies Heiligenberg (GGD, Amsterdam)

10:05

Coffee break

 

Prevention
chairs: Ton Coenen (AIDS Fonds, Amsterdam), Maria Prins (GGD, Amsterdam)

 

10:45

The role of male circumcision in preventing HIV transmission

Janneke van de Wijgert (AMC, Amsterdam)

11:05

Are AIDS vaccines uniquely difficult to develop? The key role of correlates of protection

Jaap Goudsmit (Crucell, Leiden)

11:35

In patients on cART without an undetectable viral load measured in the last three months the use of condoms is crucial to reduce HIV transmission

Colette Smit (SHM, Amsterdam)

11:45

Personalized stigma and disclosure concerns among HIV infected indigenous and non-indigenous patients

Pythia Nieuwkerk (AMC, Amsterdam)

12:00

Lunch and poster viewing

 

Pathogenesis
chairs: Hanneke Schuitemaker (AMC, Amsterdam), Frank Miedema (UMCU, Utrecht)

 

13:30

STD’s increase HIV susceptibility by altering Langerhans cell function

Theo Geijtenbeek (AMC, Amsterdam)

13:50

Adaptation of HIV to the HLA background of its host

José Borghans (UMCU, Utrecht)

14:15

Acute HIV-1 Infection: Alterations in Lymphoid and Myeloid Cell Numbers and Infection Levels

Georgios Pollakis (AMC, Amsterdam)

14:25

Adaptation of HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein to humoral immunity at a population level

Evelien Bunnik (AMC, Amsterdam)

14:45

Tea break

 

Treatment
chairs: Ineke van der Ende (EMC, Rotterdam), Frank Kroon (UMCL, Leiden)

 

15:15

HIV-infected patients with positive MT-2 cultures may need more frequent monitoring and HAART initiation at higher CD4 counts

Angélique van ‘t Wout (AMC, Amsterdam)

15:35

Abacavir and cardiovascular risk

Peter Reiss (AMC, Amsterdam)

16:00

Evaluation of safety and efficacy of anti-HIV-1 shRNA expression in vivo

Mireille Centlivre (AMC, Amsterdam)

16:10

Episodes of HIV viremia and the risk of non-AIDS events amongst successfully treated patients

Shuangjie Zhang (SHM, Amsterdam)

 

Keynote
chair : Roel Coutinho (RIVM, Bilthoven)

 

16:30

The early AIDS epidemic in the United States

Harold Jaffe (University of Oxford)

 

 

Closure
chair: Frank de Wolf (SHM, Amsterdam)

 

17:45

Dutch policy on HIV/Aids - the role of research

Marijke Wijnroks (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague; Netherlands HIV/AIDS Ambassador)

Drinks