Viral Load Levels Measured at Set-Point Have Risen Over the Last Decade of the HIV Epidemic in the Netherlands

Luuk Gras; Suzanne Jurriaans; Margreet Bakker; Ard van Sighem; Daniela Bezemer; Christophe Fraser; Joep Lange; Jan M. Prins; Ben Berkhout; Frank de Wolf; for the ATHENA national observational cohort study

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007365

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Viral Load Levels Measured at Set-Point Have Risen Over the Last Decade of the HIV Epidemic in the Netherlands

Luuk Gras ,

* E-mail: l.a.gras@amc.uva.nl

Affiliation Stichting HIV Monitoring, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Suzanne Jurriaans,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Centre for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Centre of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Margreet Bakker,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Centre for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Centre of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Ard van Sighem,

Affiliation Stichting HIV Monitoring, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Daniela Bezemer,

Affiliation Stichting HIV Monitoring, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Christophe Fraser,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Joep Lange,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine and AIDS, and Centre for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Jan M. Prins,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine and AIDS, and Centre for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Ben Berkhout,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Centre for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Centre of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Frank de Wolf,

Affiliations Stichting HIV Monitoring, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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for the ATHENA national observational cohort study

Viral Load Levels Measured at Set-Point Have Risen Over the Last Decade of the HIV Epidemic in the Netherlands

Luuk Gras,
Suzanne Jurriaans,
Margreet Bakker,
Ard van Sighem,
Daniela Bezemer,
Christophe Fraser,
Joep Lange,
Jan M. Prins,
Ben Berkhout,
Frank de Wolf

Published: October 7, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007365

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