Publications 2002 1 The Evaluation of Subcutaneous Proleukin((R)) (interleukin-2) in a Randomized International Trial. Rationale, design, and methods of ESPRIT. Emery S, Abrams DI, Cooper DA, Darbyshire JH, Lane HC, Lundgren JD, Neaton JD and the ESPRIT Study Group Control Clin Trials. 2002;23(2):198-220. abstract 2 No evidence of parvovirus B19, Chlamydia pneumoniae orhuman herpes virus infection in temporal artery biopsies in patients with giantcell arteritis. Helweg-Larsen J, Tarp B, Obel N, and Baslund B Rheumatology(Oxford).2002;41(4):445-449. abstract 3 A clinically prognostic scoring system for patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy: Results from the EuroSIDA study. Lundgren JD, Mocroft A, Gatell JM, Ledergerber B, D'Arminio Monforte A, Hermans P, Goebel FD, Blaxhult A, Kirk O, and Phillips A N for the EuroSIDA Study Group J Infect Dis.2002;185(2):178-187. abstract 4 Regulatory approvals in a large multinational clinical trial. The ESPRIT experience. McNay LA, Tavel JA., Oseekey K, McDermott CM, Mollerup D, Bebchuk JD for the ESPRIT Group. Control Clin Trials. 2002;23(1):59-66.abstract 5 The naive CD4+ count in HIV-1-infected patients at time of initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy is strongly associated with the level of immunological recovery. Michael CG, Kirk O, Mathiesen L, and Nielsen SD Scand J Infect Dis.2002;34(1):45-49. abstract 6 Response to antiretroviral therapy among patients exposed to three classes of antiretrovirals: Results from the EuroSIDA study. Mocroft A, Phillips AN,Friis-Moller N, Colebunders R, Johnson AM, Hirschel B, Saint-Marc T, Staub T, Clotet B, Lundgren JD for the EuroSIDA study group. Antivir Ther. 2002; 7:21-30. abstract 7 Association of viral load, CD4 cell count and treatment with clinical progression in HIV patients with very low CD4 cellcounts: The EuroSIDA study. Miller V, Phillips AN, Clotet B, Mocroft A, Ledergerber B, Kirk O, Ormassen V, Gargalianos-Kakolyris P, Vella S and Lundgren JD for the EuroSIDA Study Group J Infect Dis 2002;186:189-197 abstract 8 Changes in the cause of death among HIV positive subjects across Europe: Results from the EuroSIDA study. Mocroft A, Brettle R, Kirk O, Blaxhult A, Parkin JM, Antunes F, Francioli P, d’Arminio Monforte A, Fox Z and Lundgren JD for the EuroSIDA study group. AIDS 2002 Aug16;16(12):1663-1671 abstract 9 Safe interruption of maintenance therapy against prior infection with four common HIV-associated opportunistic pathogens during antiretroviral therapy. Kirk O, Reiss P, Uberti-Foppa C, Bickel M, Gerstoft J, Pradier C, Wit F, Ledergerber B, Lundgren JD, Furrer H, for seven European HIV cohorts. Ann Intern Med. 2002 Aug 20;137(4):239-50 abstract 10 Development of a Rapid Real-Time PCR Assay for Quantitation of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. Carinii. Larsen HH, Kovacs JA, Stock F,Vestereng VH, Lundgren B, Fischer SH, and Gill VJ. J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Aug;40(8):2989-93 abstract 11 Analysis of virological efficacy in trials of antiretroviral regimens: Drawbacks of not including viral load measurements after premature discontinuation of therapy. Kirk O, Pedersen C, Law M, Gulick RM, Moyle G, Montaner J, Eron Jr. JJ, Phillips AN and Lundgren JD. Antivir Ther. 2002 Dec;7(4)271-81 abstract 12 Regional and Temporal changes in AIDS in Europe before HAART.Blaxhult A, Fox Z, Colebunders R, Francioli P, Ben-Ishai Z,Fätkenheuer G, Parkin JM, Vanhems P, Phillips AN and Kirk O for the EuroSIDA Study Group. Epidemiol Infect. 2002 Dec;129(3):565-77 abstract 13 Detection of Pneumocystis DNA in samples from patients suspected of bacterial pneumonia – a case-control study. Helweg-Larsen J, Jensen JS, Dohn G, Benfield TL and Lundgren B. BMC Infect Dis. 2002 Nov 25;2(1):28 abstract 14 Prognosis of HIV-1 infected patients starting highly active antiretroviral therapy: a collaborative analysis of prospective studies. Egger M, May M, Chene G, Phillips AN, Ledergerber B, Davis F, Sostagliola D, D’Arminio Monforte A, de Wolf F,Reiss P, Lundgren JD, Jusitce AC, Staszewski S, Leport C, Hogg RS, Sabin CA,Gill MJ, Salzberger B, Sterne JA and the ART cohort collaboration. Lancet. 2002Jul 13;360(9327):119-29 abstract 15 YKL-40 is elevated in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with purulent meningitis. Østergaard C, Johansen JS, Benfield T, Price PA and Lundgren JD. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2002 May;9(3):598-604 abstract 16 Changes over calendartime in the risk of specific first AIDS-defining events following HIV seroconversion, adjusting for competing risks. Babiker A, Darbyshire J, Pezzotti P, Porter K, Rezza G, Wlaker SA, Beral V, Coutinho R, Del Amo J, Gill N, Lee C,Meyer L, Tyrer F, Dabis F, Thiebaut R, Lawson-Aye S, Boufassa F, Hamouda O,Fischer K, Touloumi G, Hatzakis A, Karafoulidou A, Katsarou O, Brettle R, DelRomero J, Prins M, van Benthem B, Kirk O, Pederson C, Hernandez Aguado I,Prez-Hoyos S, Eskild A, Bruun JN, Sannes M, Sabin C, Lee C, Johnson AM,Phillips AN, Francioli P, Vanhems P, Egger M, Rickenbach M, Cooper D, Kaldor J,Ashton L, Vizzard J, Muga R, Day NE, De Angelis D for the CASCADE collaboration. Int J Epidemiol. 2002 Oct;31(5):951-8 abstract 17 Development and evaluation of a quantitative, touch-down, real-time PCR assay for diagnosing Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Larsen HH, Masur H, Kovacs JA,Gill VJ, Silcott VA, Kogulan P, Maenza J, Smith M, Lucey DR and Fischer SH. J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Feb;40(2):490-4 abstract 18 Pneumocysitis carinii Pneumonia. Helweg-Larsen J, Lundgren JD, and Benfield T Current Treatment Options in Infectiuos Diseases. 2002;4(4):363-375. abstract Updated: 16 Sep 2009