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Organization profile
Organisation profile
The Unit of HIV/AIDS was created in 2011 and is headed by Prof. Lut Lynen (MD, internist). The unit’s field of interest is AIDS care in resource-limited settings, in particular HIV co-infections and opportunistic infections.
Research
- HIV co-infections (tuberculosis, hepatitis C)
- Diagnosis and management of MDR-TB
- Clinical decision making and guideline development
- Models of care for HIV patients
Teaching
- Short Course on Antiretroviral Therapy (2003-2010)
- Electronic Short Course on Antiretroviral Therapy (2008-)
- Short Course on Clinical Research and Evidence Based Medicine (2008-)
- AIDS care modules in all courses at ITM (2003-)
- Drug-resistant tuberculosis
Capacity building and operational research in low-resource settings
- Management of HIV & co-infections, in particular TB and hepatitis C
- Clinical Decision Making & Guideline Development
- Prognostic research: score building
In Cambodia, Ethiopia, South Africa
Service delivery by the Unit of HIV/AIDS includes active participation in
- Medical services (HIV, STI, Travel Medicine)
- WHO guideline development group in the field of HIV and opportunistic infections
- Advisory committees: Swaziland TasP advisory committee
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Profiles
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Drug resistant tuberculosis: optimize the composition of new treatment regimens in Vietnam
Nguyen, T. M. P., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., Callens, S., Viet Nhung Nguyen, V. N., Binh Hoa Nguyen, B. H. & Thi Thanh Thuy Hoang, T. T. T.
1/01/23 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Nontuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary disease and tuberculosis-nontuberculous mycobacteria co-infection: Epidemiology, diagnosis, and management at a tertiary health facility in Ghana
Abbew, E. T., Lynen, L., Mesic, A., Rigouts, L., Obiri-Yeboah, D. & Lorent, N.
1/01/22 → …
Project: PhD-project
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TB/NTM Research Cluster
de Jong, B., Sengstake, S., Rigouts, L., Tzfadia, O., Ardizzoni, E., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., Hasker, E., Van Rie, A. & Janssens, N.
Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
1/01/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Research Project
Research output
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Evaluation of tuberculosis diagnostic test accuracy using Bayesian latent class analysis in the presence of conditional dependence between the diagnostic tests used in a community-based tuberculosis screening study
Keter, A. K., Lynen, L., Van Heerden, A., Wong, E., Reither, K., Goetghebeur, E. & Jacobs, B. K. M., 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 3, p. e0282417Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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The therapeutic threshold in clinical decision-making for TB
de Rooij, M. L., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., Henriquez-Trujillo, A. R., Boyles, T. & Jacobs, B. K. M., 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Accuracy of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin for diagnosing bacterial infections among subjects with persistent fever in the tropics
Van Duffel, L., Yansouni, C. P., Jacobs, J., Van Esbroeck, M., Ramadan, K., Buyze, J., Tsoumanis, A., Barbé, B., Boelaert, M., Verdonck, K., Chappuis, F. & Bottieau, E., 2022, In: Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 9, 9, p. ofac434 9 p., 434.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review