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Chris Verhofstede

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Van Landeghem E, Vanden Bulcke C, Rotsaert A, Deblonde J, Verhofstede C, Nostlinger C
BMC Public Health . 2025 Feb; 25(1):629. PMID: 39955490
Background: A better understanding of HIV transmission dynamics is needed to further reduce the number of new HIV diagnoses in Belgium. As environmental and social context play an important role...
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Moretti M, Stoffels K, Van Laethem K, Verhofstede C, van den Wijngaert S, Martin C
Top Antivir Med . 2024 Aug; 32(2):437-444. PMID: 39141922
Limited therapeutic options are available for patients with multidrug-resistant HIV. This report describes a 38-year-old female who was perinatally infected with HIV-1 and treated with 14 different antiretroviral regimens over...
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Hardy J, Demecheleer E, Schauvliege M, Staelens D, Mortier V, Verhofstede C
Microbiol Spectr . 2024 Mar; 12(4):e0387223. PMID: 38442427
reverse transcription of full-length HIV-1 RNA extracted from the blood plasma of people living with HIV-1 remains challenging. Here, we describe the initiation of reverse transcription of plasma-derived viral RNA...
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De Clercq J, De Scheerder M, Mortier V, Verhofstede C, Vandecasteele S, Allard S, et al.
Front Immunol . 2024 Jan; 14:1337316. PMID: 38250083
Background: Despite the beneficial effects of antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation during acute HIV infection (AHI), residual immune activation remains a hallmark of treated HIV infection. Methods: Plasma concentrations of 40...
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Lagatie O, Lauwers D, Singh H, Vanroye F, Stieh D, Vingerhoets J, et al.
Microbiol Spectr . 2023 May; 11(3):e0071523. PMID: 37222611
Vaccine-induced seroreactivity/positivity (VISR/P) poses a significant and common challenge to HIV vaccine implementation, as up to 95% of vaccine recipients may be misclassified as having HIV infection by current HIV...
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Van Beckhoven D, Serrien B, Montourcy M, Verhofstede C, Van den Bossche D, Libois A, et al.
BMC Infect Dis . 2022 Dec; 22(1):901. PMID: 36463126
Background: To gain insight into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and containment measures on the HIV epidemic and services, this study aims to describe HIV trends in 2020 and...
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Mortier V, Debaisieux L, Dessilly G, Stoffels K, Vaira D, Vancutsem E, et al.
Open Forum Infect Dis . 2022 Jul; 9(7):ofac195. PMID: 35794938
Background: To assess the prevalence and evolution of transmitted drug resistance (TDR) in Belgium, a total of 3708 baseline human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 sequences from patients diagnosed between 2013 and...
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Valcke B, Vercauteren K, Padalko E, Verhofstede C, DHerde K, Willaert W
Ann Anat . 2021 Jul; 239:151805. PMID: 34265386
Background: Users of anatomical donors are at risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens. This study evaluated screening algorithms for hepatitis B and C virus, human immunodeficiency virus and Treponema pallidum...
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De Clercq J, Rutsaert S, De Scheerder M, Verhofstede C, Callens S, Vandekerckhove L
Acta Clin Belg . 2020 May; 77(1):168-176. PMID: 32468932
: In the last decade, there has been increasing scientific and legislative focus on antiretroviral treatment (ART) for all people living with HIV. Especially early ART initiation, preferably during acute...
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Stoffels K, Vanroye F, Mortier V, Debaisieux L, Delforge M, Depypere M, et al.
J Infect Dis . 2020 May; 222(10):1660-1669. PMID: 32433757
This retrospective study evaluated the reactivity of 3 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) confirmatory assays (INNO-LIA, Geenius, and MP) and 7 HIV rapid tests on samples from 2 different study populations...