Authors and Disclosures
Daniel Grinta, Lars Petersb, Juergen K. Rockstrohc, Aza Rakmanovad, Tatiana Trofimovae, Karine Lacombef, Igor Karpovg, Massimo Gallih, Pere Domingoi, Ole Kirkb, Jens D. Lundgrenb AND Amanda Mocrofta
aUCL, London, UK, bCHIP, Department of Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, cDepartment of Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, dBotkin Hospital of Infectious Diseases, St Petersburg, eNovgorod Centre for AIDS, Novgorod, Russia, fHospital Saint Antoine, Paris, France, gBelarus State Medical University, Minsk, Belarus, hSacco hospital, Milan, Italy, and iHospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
Correspondence to
Daniel Grint, HIV Epidemiology & Biostatistics Group, Research Department of Infection and Population Health, UCL – Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, UK. Tel: +44 20 7794 0500 ext. 34684; e-mail: d.grint@ucl.ac.uk
Author contributions
D.G. led the study with supporting contributions from L.P., J.D.L. and A.M. D.G. performed the statistical analyses. D.G., J.D.L., L.P., O.K. and A.M. designed the study and D.G. drafted the manuscript. All co-authors contributed to redrafting and refinement of the manuscript. A.M. supervised the study.
EuroSIDA study group: The multicentre study group, EuroSIDA (national coordinators in parenthesis). Argentina: (M. Losso), M. Kundro, Hospital JM Ramos Mejia, Buenos Aires. Austria: (N. Vetter), Pulmologisches Zentrum der Stadt Wien, Vienna; R. Zangerle, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck. Belarus: (I. Karpov), A. Vassilenko, Belarus State Medical University, Minsk, V.M. Mitsura, Gomel State Medical University, Gomel; D. Paduto, Regional AIDS Centre, Svetlogorsk. Belgium: (N. Clumeck), S. De Wit, M. Delforge, Saint-Pierre Hospital, Brussels; E. Florence, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp; L. Vandekerckhove, University Ziekenhuis Gent, Gent. Bosnia-Herzegovina: (V. Hadziosmanovic), Klinicki Centar Univerziteta Sarajevo, Sarajevo. Bulgaria: (K. Kostov), Infectious Diseases Hospital, Sofia. Croatia: (J. Begovac), University Hospital of Infectious Diseases, Zagreb. Czech Republic: (L. Machala), D. Jilich, Faculty Hospital Bulovka, Prague; D. Sedlacek, Charles University Hospital, Plzen. Denmark: (J. Nielsen), G. Kronborg, T. Benfield, M. Larsen, Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen; J. Gerstoft, T. Katzenstein, A.-B.E. Hansen, P. Skinhøj, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen; C. Pedersen, N.F. Møller, Odense University Hospital, Odense; L. Ostergaard, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus, U.B. Dragsted, Roskilde Hospital, Roskilde; L.N. Nielsen, Hillerod Hospital, Hillerod. Estonia: (K. Zilmer), West-Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn; Jelena Smidt, Nakkusosakond Siseklinik, Kohtla-Järve. Finland: (M. Ristola), Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki. France: (C. Katlama), Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpétière, Paris; J.-P. Viard, Hôtel-Dieu, Paris; P.-M. Girard, Hospital Saint-Antoine, Paris; P. Vanhems, University Claude Bernard, Lyon; C. Pradier, Hôpital de l'Archet, Nice; F. Dabis, D. Neau, Unité INSERM, Bordeaux, C. Duvivier, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris. Germany: (J. Rockstroh), Universitäts Klinik Bonn; R. Schmidt, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover; J. van Lunzen, O. Degen, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Infectious Diseases Unit, Hamburg; H.J. Stellbrink, IPM Study Center, Hamburg; C. Stefan, J.W. Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt; J. Bogner, Medizinische Poliklinik, Munich; G. Fätkenheuer, Universität Köln, Cologne. Georgia: (N. Chkhartishvili) Infectious Diseases, AIDS & Clinical Immunology Research Center, Tbilisi. Greece: (J. Kosmidis), P. Gargalianos, G. Xylomenos, J. Perdios, Athens General Hospital; H. Sambatakou, Ippokration General Hospital, Athens. Hungary: (D Banhegyi), Szent Lásló Hospital, Budapest. Iceland: (M. Gottfredsson), Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik. Ireland: (F. Mulcahy), St. James' Hospital, Dublin. Israel: (I. Yust), D. Turner, M. Burke, Ichilov Hospital, Tel Aviv; E. Shahar, G. Hassoun, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa; H. Elinav, M. Haouzi, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem; Z.M. Sthoeger, AIDS Center (Neve Or), Jerusalem. Italy: (A. D'Arminio Monforte), Istituto Di Clinica Malattie Infettive e Tropicale, Milan; R. Esposito, I. Mazeu, C. Mussini, Università Modena, Modena; R. Pristera, Ospedale Generale Regionale, Bolzano; F. Mazzotta, A. Gabbuti, Ospedale S Maria Annunziata, Firenze; V. Vullo, M Lichtner, University di Roma la Sapienza, Rome; M. Zaccarelli, A. Antinori, R. Acinapura, G. D'Offizi, Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome; A. Lazzarin, A. Castagna, N. Gianotti, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan; M. Galli, A. Ridolfo, Osp. L. Sacco, Milan. Latvia: (B. Rozentale), Infectology Centre of Latvia, Riga. Lithuania: V Uzdaviniene, Lithuanian AIDS Centre, Vilnius. Luxembourg: (T. Staub), R. Hemmer, Centre Hospitalier, Luxembourg. Netherlands: (P. Reiss), Academisch Medisch Centrum bij de Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam. Norway: (V. Ormaasen), A. Maeland, J. Bruun, Ullevål Hospital, Oslo. Poland: (B. Knysz), J. Gasiorowski, M. Inglot, Medical University, Wroclaw; A. Horban, E. Bakowska, Centrum Diagnostyki i Terapii AIDS, Warsaw; A. Grzeszczuk, R. Flisiak, Medical University, Bialystok; M. Parczewski, M. Pynka, K. Maciejewska, Medical Univesity, Szczecin; M. Beniowski, E. Mularska, Osrodek Diagnostyki i Terapii AIDS, Chorzow; T. Smiatacz, Medical University, Gdansk; E. Jablonowska, E. Malolepsza, K. Wojcik, Wojewodzki Szpital Specjalistyczny, Lodz; I. Mozer-Lisewska, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan. Portugal: (M. Doroana), L. Caldeira, Hospital Santa Maria, Lisbon; K. Mansinho, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Lisbon; F. Maltez, Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisbon. Romania: (R. Radoi), C. Oprea, Spitalul de Boli Infectioase si Tropicale: Dr Victor Babes, Bucarest. Russia: (A. Rakhmanova), Medical Academy Botkin Hospital, St Petersburg; A. Rakhmanova, St Petersburg AIDS Centre, St Peterburg; T. Trofimora, Novgorod Centre for AIDS, Novgorod, I. Khromova, Centre for HIV/AIDS & and Infectious Diseases, Kaliningrad; E. Kuzovatova, Nizhny Novgorod Scientific and Research Institute, Nizhny Novogrod. Serbia: (D. Jevtovic), The Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Belgrade. Slovakia: A. Shunnar, D Staneková, Dérer Hospital, Bratislava. Slovenia: (J. Tomazic), University Clinical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana. Spain: S. Moreno, J. M. Rodriguez, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid; B. Clotet, A. Jou, R. Paredes, C. Tural, J. Puig, I. Bravo, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona; J.M. Gatell, J.M. Miró, Hospital Clinic Universitari de Barcelona, Barcelona; P. Domingo, M. Gutierrez, G. Mateo, M.A. Sambeat, Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona; J.M. Laporte, Hospital Universitario de Alava, Vitoria-Gasteiz. Sweden: (A. Blaxhult), Venhaelsan-Sodersjukhuset, Stockholm; L. Flamholc, Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, A. Thalme, A. Sonnerborg, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm. Switzerland: (B. Ledergerber), R. Weber, University Hospital, Zürich; M. Cavassini, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne; A. Calmy, Hospital Cantonal Universitaire de Geneve, Geneve; H. Furrer, Inselspital Bern, Bern; M. Battegay, L. Elzi, University Hospital Basel; P. Schmid, Kantonsspital, St. Gallen. Ukraine: (E. Kravchenko), N. Chentsova, Kiev Centre for AIDS, Kiev; V. Frolov, G. Kutsyna, I. Baskakov, Luhansk State Medical University, Luhansk; S. Servitskiy, Odessa Region AIDS Center, Odessa; A. Kuznetsova, Kharkov State Medical University, Kharkov; G. Kyselyova, Crimean Republican AIDS Centre, Simferopol. United Kingdom: (B. Gazzard), St. Stephen's Clinic, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London; A.M. Johnson, E. Simons, S. Edwards, Mortimer Market Centre, London; A. Phillips, M.A. Johnson, A. Mocroft, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London (Royal Free Campus); C. Orkin, Royal London Hospital, London; J. Weber, G. Scullard, Imperial College School of Medicine at St. Mary's, London; M. Fisher, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton; C. Leen, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
The following centres have previously contributed data to EuroSIDA: Bernhard Nocht Institut für Tropenmedizin, Hamburg, Germany; 1st I.K.A Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece; Ospedale Riuniti, Divisione Malattie Infettive, Bergamo, Italy; Ospedale Cotugno, III Divisione Malattie Infettive, Napoli, Italy; Hospital Carlos III, Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Madrid, Spain.
EuroSIDA Steering Committee: J. Gatell, B. Gazzard, A. Horban, I. Karpov, B. Ledergerber, M. Losso, A. d'Arminio Monforte, C. Pedersen, A. Rakhmanova, M. Ristola, A. Phillips, P. Reiss, J. Lundgren, J. Rockstroh, S. De Wit
Coordinating Centre Staff: D. Podlekareva, L. Peters, J.E. Nielsen, C. Matthews, A.H. Fischer, A. Bojesen, D. Raben, D. Kristensen, K. Grønborg Laut, J.F. Larsen. Statistical Centre Staff: A. Mocroft, A. Phillips, A. Cozzi-Lepri, D. Grint, L. Shepherd, A. Schultze.
Conflicts of interest
O.K. has received honorarium, consultancy and/or lecture fees from Abbott, Gilead, GSK, Janssen, Merck, Tibotec and Viiv. A.M. has received honorarium, consultancy or guest speaker fees from Pfizer, Merck, Gilead, BI and BMS. J.R. has received consultancy or lecture fees from Bionor, BMS, BI, GSK, ViiV, Abbott, Gilead, Pfizer, Merck, Tibotec and Janssen. All other authors have no conflicts of interest to report for the present study.