Selected scientific publications from
Euro HIV – European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS

2007

Nardone A, Alix J. L’infection à VIH à travers l’Europe. Bull Epidemiol Hebd 2007; N° 46-47: 398-400

Herida M, Alix J, Devaux I, Likatavicius G, Desenclos JC, Matic S, Ammon A, Nardone A. HIV/AIDS in Europe: epidemiological situation in 2006 and a new framework for surveillance. Euro Surveill 2007;12 (11): E071122.1

Likatavicius G, Hamers FF, Downs AM, Alix J, Nardone A. Trends in HIV prevalence in blood donations in Europe, 1990-2004. AIDS 2007, 21 :1011-1018.

2006

Hamers FF, Devaux I, Alix J, Nardone A. HIV/AIDS in Europe: trends and EU-wide priorities. Euro Surveill 2006; 11 (11): 061123

Wiessing L, Nardone A. Ongoing HIV and viral hepatitis infections in IDUs across the EU, 2001-2005. Euro Surveill 2006; 11 (11): 061123

2005

Nardone A. Transmission of HIV/AIDS in Europe continuing. Euro Surveill 2005; 10 (11): 051124

2004

Hamers FF, Downs AM. The changing face of the HIV epidemic in western Europe: What are the implications for public health policies? Lancet 2004;364: 83-94.

Del Amo, J, Bröring G, Hamers F, Infuso A, Fenton K. Monitoring HIV/AIDS in Europe’s migrant communities and ethnic minorities. AIDS 2004;18:1867–1873.

Ebrahim SH, Abdullah ASM, McKenna M, Hamers FF. AIDS-associated cancers in Western Europe, 1994-2001. AIDS patient care & STDs 2004;18:501-508.

2003

Del Amo J, Hamers FF, Infuso A, Bröring G, Fenton K. HIV/AIDS in Migrants and Ethnic minorities in Europe. In: Erwin J, Peters B, Smith D, H Myers. Ethnicity and HIV: prevention and care in Europe and the USA. London: International Medical Press Ltd, 2003:46-60.

Hamers FF, Downs AM. HIV in central and eastern Europe. Lancet 2003; 361: 1035-44. Published online Feb 18, 2003.

Hamers FF, Infuso A, Alix J, Downs AM. Current situation and regional perspective of HIV/AIDS surveillance in Europe. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 2003;32 Suppl:S39-48.

Semaille C, Downs AM, Hamers FF. European HIV/AIDS case reporting: assessing past treatment history in persons who develop AIDS in the era of HAART. AIDS 2003;17(2):270-2.

Semaille C, Alix J, Downs AM, Hamers FF HIV infection in Europe: large East-West disparity. Euro Surveill 2003; 8 (3):57-64.

2002

Nicoll A, Hamers FF. Are trends in HIV, gonorrhoea, and syphilis worsening in western Europe? British Medical Journal, 2002;324:1324-1327.

Semaille C, Downs AM, Alix J, Hamers FF. L'infection à VIH et le Sida en Europe: une importante disparité d'Ouest en Est. Bulletin Epidémiologique Hebdomadaire 2002;47:237-9.

2001

Hamers FF, Alix J, Semaille C, Pilkington H, Downs AM. Surveillance of HIV/AIDS in Europe: update at end 2000. Eurosurveillance, 2001; 6: (5): 84-85.

Le Pen C, Rozenbaum W, Downs AM, Maurel F, Lilliu H, Brun C. Effect of HAART on health status and hospital costs of severe HIV-infected patients: a modelling approach. HIV Clinical Trials, 2001; 2: (2): 136-145.

Fenton K, Giesecke J, Hamers FF. Europe-wide surveillance for sexually transmitted infections: a timely and appropriate intervention. Eurosurveillance, 2001; 6 (5): 69-70.

2000

Downs AM, Heisterkamp SH, Rava L, Houweling H, Jager JC, Hamers FF, for the European Union Concerted Action on Multinational AIDS Scenarios. Back-calculation by birth cohort, incorporating age-specific disease progression, pre-AIDS mortality and change in European AIDS case definition. AIDS, 2000; 14:2179-2189.

Hamers FF, Robinson NJ. An assessment of the spread of HIV infection in Poland and Ukraine. Revue d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, 2000; 48:1S2.

Hamers FF. HIV infection in Ukraine (1987-96). Revue d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, 2000; 48:1S3-1S15.

Robinson NJ. HIV infection in Poland (1985-96). Revue d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, 2000; 48:1S17-1S31.

Infuso A, Hamers FF, Downs AM, Alix J. HIV reporting in western Europe: national systems and first European data. Eurosurveillance, 2000; 5 (2): 13-17.

1999

Dehne KL, Khodakevich L, Hamers FF, Schwartlander B. The HIV/AIDS epidemic in eastern Europe: recent patterns and trends and their implications for policy-making. AIDS, 1999; 13: n°7: 741-749.

Heisterkamp SH, Downs AM, Van Houwelingen JC. Empirical Bayesian estimators for a Poisson process propagated in time. Biometrical Journal, 1999.

Houweling H, Wiessing L, Hamers FF, Termorshuizen F, Gill ON, Sprenger MJ.
An age-period-cohort analysis of 50875 AIDS cases among injecting drug users in Europe. International Journal of Epidemiology, 1999.Wiessing L, Hartnoll RL, Houweling H, Jager JC, Downs AM, Hamers FF. Impact and control of AIDS and Hepatitis B and C among injection drug users in Europe: an exploratory overview. Proceedings of the Global Research Network meeting on HIV prevention in drug-using populations. Geneva, June 1998. Inaugural Meeting Report, 1999;23-35.

Couturier E, Six C, de Benoist AC, Hamers FF, Rey D, Moatti JP, Obadia Y, Brunet JB. Pratiques de dépistage VIH des médecins de la région parisienne prenant en charge des femmes enceintes. Bulletin Epidémiologique Hebdomadaire, 1999;n°31: 129-131.

Six C, Hamers FF, Brunet JB. Infections à VIH, VHC et VHB chez les résidents des centres de soins spécialisés pour toxicomanes avec hébergement. Bulletin Epidémiologique Hebdomadaire, 1999;n°32: 133-135.

1998

Cazein F., Hamers FF, Brunet JB. HIV prevalence in pregnant women in Europe: differences in assessment methods and prevalence levels across countries. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology, 1998; 19: 296-305.

Hamers FF, Downs AM, Infuso A, Brunet JB. Diversity of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Europe. AIDS, 1998; 12: n°Suppl A: S63-S70.

Houweling H, Hamers FF, Termorshuizen F, Gill ON, Jager JC, Coutinho RA. A birth cohort analysis of AIDS in Europe: high incidence among young persons at risk. AIDS, 1998; 12: 85-93.

Leynaert B, Downs AM, De Vincenzi I, for the European Study Group on Heterosexual Transmission of HIV. Heterosexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus: variability of infectivity through the course of infection. American Journal of Epidemiology, 1998; 148: n°1: 88-96.

Couturier E, Schwoebel V, Michon C, Hubert JB, Delmas MC, Morlat P, Boué F, Simonpoli AM, Dabis F, Brunet JB. Determinants of delayed diagnosis of HIV infection in France, 1993 - 1995. AIDS, 1998; 12: 795-800.

Law MG, Downs AM, Brunet JB, Kaldor JM. Time trends in HIV infection among pregnant women in Europe. AIDS , 1998; 12: 211-216.

Hamers FF, for the group of experts and national coordinators of HIV/AIDS surveillance from the countries of the WHO European Region. Recommendations for HIV surveillance in Europe. Eurosurveillance, 1998 3 (5): 51.

Hamers FF, Brunet JB. Différences géographiques et tendances récentes de l'épidémie de VIH/SIDA en Europe. In: Souteyrand Y., Doré V., editors. Le Sida en Europe - Nouveaux enjeux pour les sciences sociales. Paris: ANRS, 1998: 13-24.

Schwoebel V, Hamers FF. Surveillance européenne des maladies infectieuses : les cas de sida et de la tuberculose. Revue d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, 1998; 46: 457-466.

Couturier E, Brossard Y, de Benoist AC, Six C, Larsen C, Henrion R, Brunet JB.
Prévalence de l'infection VIH chez les femmes enceintes de la région parisienne. Une enquête anonyme non corrélée : PREVAGEST 1991-1993-1995-1997. Bulletin Epidémiologique Hebdomadaire, 1998;n°18: 73-75.

1997

Hamers FF, Batter V, Downs AM, Alix J, Cazein F, Brunet JB. The HIV epidemic associated with injecting drug use in Europe: geographic and time trends. AIDS, 1997; 11: 1365-1374.

Downs AM, Heisterkamp SH, Brunet JB, Hamers FF. Reconstruction and prediction of the HIV/AIDS epidemic among adults in the European Union and in the low prevalence countries of central and eastern Europe. AIDS, 1997; 11: 649-662.

Ebrahim SM, Peterman TA, Zaidi AA, Hamers FF. Geography of AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma in Europe. AIDS, 1997; 11: 1739-1745.

Brunet JB. The HIV/AIDS situation in Europe: available data and prospects for public health surveillance. Journal of Epidemiology, 1997; 6: n°4 (Suppl.): S-129-S-131.

Hamers FF, Downs AM, Alix J, Brunet JB. AIDS trends in Europe: decrease in the west, increase in the east. Eurosurveillance, 1997; 2 (5): 36-37.

Postma MJ, Tolley K, Leidl R, Downs AM, Beck EJ, Tramarin AM, Flori YA, Santin M, Antonanzas F, Kornarou H, Paparizos V, Dijkgraaf MGW, Borleffs JCC, Luijben AJP, Jager JC, for the European Research Team on AIDS Scenarios. Hospital care for persons with AIDS in the E.U. Health Policy, 1997; 41: 157-176.

Brunet JB. Pour une déclaration de la séropositivité. Journal du SIDA, 1997;n°97-98: 4.

Six C, Hamers FF, Brunet JB, et les correspondants des C.S.S.T.H. Infections à VIH et VHC et mortalité chez les résidents des centres de soins spécialisés pour toxicomanes avec hébergement. Bulletin Epidémiologique Hebdomadaire, 1997;n°16: 67-68.

1996

Downs AM, De Vincenzi ., for the European Communities Study Group on Heterosexual Transmission of HIV. Probability of heterosexual transmission of HIV: relationship to the number of unprotected sexual contacts. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology, 1996; 11: 388-395.

Downs AM, De Vincenzi I. Per-contact probabilities of heterosexual transmission of HIV, estimated from partner study data. In: Isham V., Medley G., editors. Models for Infectious Human Diseases. Their Structure and Relation to Data. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996: 271-273.

Heisterkamp SH, Downs AM. Short term projections by dynamic modelling in large populations: a case study in France and The Netherlands. In: Isham V., Medley G., editors. Models for Infectious Human Diseases. Their Structure and Relation to Data. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996: 464-465.

Hamers FF. AIDS associated with blood transfusion and haemophilia in Europe. British Medical Journal, 1996; 312: 847-848.

Cazein F, Hamers FF, Alix J, Brunet JB. Prevalence of HIV-2 infection in Europe. Eurosurveillance, 1996; 1 (3): 21-23.

Schwoebel V, Delmas MC, Hamers FF, Alix J, Brunet JB, and national coordinators of AIDS surveillance. Tuberculosis as an AIDS-defining disease in Europe. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 1996; 1: n°4: 286-288.

Meyer L, Couturier E, Brossard Y, Janier M, Taquin Y, Mertz JP, Helal H, Bohbot JM, Malkin JE, Franceschini P, Brunet JB. Trends in HIV infection among sexually transmitted disease patients in Paris. AIDS, 1996; 10: 401-405.

Triol I, Schwoebel V, Delmas MC, Pinget R, Laporte A, Brunet JB. Factors associated with tuberculosis at AIDS diagnosis in France. AIDS, 1996; 10: 223-228.

Six C, Hamers FF, Ancelle-Park R, Brunet JB. L'infection à VIH chez les résidents des centres de soins spécialisés pour toxicomanes avec hébergement. Bulletin Epidémiologique Hebdomadaire, 1996;n°11: 53-54.