Publicaties
The ingenol-based protein kinase C agonist GSK445A is a potent inducer of HIV and SIV RNA transcription Universiteit Gent
HIV misdiagnosis in sub-Saharan Africa: performance of diagnostic algorithms at six testing sites Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Introduction: We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of HIV testing algorithms at six programmes in five sub-Saharan African countries.
Methods: In this prospective multisite diagnostic evaluation study (Conakry, Guinea; Kitgum, Uganda; Arua, Uganda; Homa Bay, Kenya; Doula, Cameroun and Baraka, Democratic Republic of Congo), samples from clients (greater than equal to five years of age) testing for HIV were collected and compared to a ...
Mapping subnational HIV mortality in six Latin American countries with incomplete vital registration systems Universiteit Antwerpen
Diagnostic accuracy of direct agglutination test, rK39 ELISA and six rapid diagnostic tests among visceral leishmaniasis patients with and without HIV coinfection in Ethiopia Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Diagnosis of a first-time visceral leishmaniasis (VL) infection in Ethiopia is established by use of a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) detecting antibodies against rK39, direct agglutination test (DAT) and microscopy according to the national algorithm. The performance of individual tests and algorithm is variable and depends on several factors, one being HIV status. Limited data are available on the performance of tests in VL-HIV coinfected ...
Designing HIV testing algorithms based on 2015 WHO guidelines using data from six sites in sub-Saharan Africa Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Our objective was to evaluate the performance of HIV testing algorithms based on WHO recommendations, using data from specimens collected at six HIV testing and counseling sites in sub-Saharan Africa (Conakry, Guinea; Kitgum and Arua, Uganda; Homa Bay, Kenya; Douala, Cameroon; Baraka, Democratic Republic of Congo). A total of 2,780 samples, including 1,306 HIV-positive samples, were included in the analysis. HIV testing algorithms were ...