Presentations 2009

NCHIV2009 Abstracts and presentations
Netherlands Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Prevention and Treatment
Tuesday 24 November 2009


Abstractbook NCHIV2009

Session 1 Epidemiology (Chair: Joep Lange, AMC, Amsterdam)
Download cART and the HIV epidemic in the Netherlands Frank de Wolf, SHM, Amsterdam
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Download Set-point viral load and transmissibility Christophe Fraser, Imperial College, UK
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Oral poster presentations
Download Transmission networks of (resistant) HIV-1 among MSM in the Netherlands Daniela O. Bezemer, SHM, Amsterdam
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Download High prevalence of asymptomatic STI in HIV-positive MSM, visiting HIV-outpatient clinics in the Netherlands Marlies Heiligenberg, GGD Amsterdam
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Session 2 Prevention (Chairs: Irene Keizer, Aids Fund, Amsterdam, Maria Prins, GGD Amsterdam)
Download The role of male circumcision in preventing HIV transmission Janneke van de Wijgert, CPCD, Amsterdam
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Download Are AIDS vaccines uniquely difficult to develop? The key role of correlates of protection Jaap Goudsmit, Crucell, Leiden
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Oral poster presentations
Download In patients on cART without an undetectable viral load measured in the last 3 months the use of condoms is crucial to reduce HIV transmission Colette Smit, SHM, Amsterdam
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Download Personalized stigma and disclosure concerns among HIV infected indigenous and non-indigenous patients Pythia Nieuwkerk, AMC, Amsterdam
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Lunch & poster viewing
Session 3 Pathogenesis (Chairs: Hanneke Schuitemaker, AMC, Amsterdam, Frank Miedema, UMC Utrecht)
Download STD’s increase HIV susceptibility by altering Langerhans cell function Theo Geijtenbeek, AMC, Amsterdam
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Download Adaptation of HIV to the HLA background of its host José Borghans, UMC Utrecht
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Oral poster presentations
Download Acute HIV-1 infection: alterations in lymphoid and myeloid cell numbers and infection levels Georgios Pollakis, AMC, Amsterdam
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Adaptation of HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein to humoral immunity at a population level Evelien Bunnik, AMC, Amsterdam
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Session 4 Treatment (Chairs: Ineke van der Ende, ErasmusMC, Rotterdam, Frank Kroon, Leiden UMC)
  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
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Download Abacavir and cardiovascular risk Peter Reiss, AMC, Amsterdam
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Oral poster presentations
Download Evaluation of safety and efficacy of anti-HIV-1 shRNA expression in vivo Mireille Centlivre, AMC, Amsterdam
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Download Episodes of HIV viremia and the risk of non-AIDS events amongst succesfully treated patients Shuangjie Zhang, SHM, Amsterdam
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Keynote session (Chair: Roel Coutinho, RIVM, Bilthoven)
The early AIDS epidemic in the United States Harold Jaffe, University of Oxford, UK
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Closure door Marijke Wijnroks, HIV/Aids ambassador of the Netherlands