Composition of the HBV-HIV international intercohort study group

Composition of the HBV-HIV international intercohort study group
Antiprotease Cohort (APROCO): Catherine Leport, François Raffi
(Principal Investigators); G. Chêne, R. Salamon (Methodologists); F. Brun-Vezinet, H. Fleury
(Virologists);
J-P
Moatti,
J.
Pierret
(Social
scientists);
G.
Peytavin,
R.
Garaffo
(Pharmacologists), B. Masquelier, B. Spire.
Aquitaine Cohort: Organisation and methodology: G. Chêne, C. Marimoutou, F. Dabis, R.
Salamon; Clinical coordination: D. Lacoste, D. Malvy, I. Pellegrin, M. Dupon, J. F. Moreau,
P. Morlat, J. L. Pellegrin, J. M. Ragnaud. Participating Hospital Departments (participating
physicians): Bordeaux University Hospital: J. Beylot, P. Morlat, N. Bernard, D. Lacoste, C.
Nouts, C. Beylot, M.S. Doutre, C. Conri, J. Constans, P. Couzigou, H. Fleury, I. Pellegrin, M.
Geniaux, A. Simon, J. Y. Lacut, C. Cazorla, M. Dupon, B. Leng, P. Mercié, J.L. Pellegrin, M.
Le Bras, F. Djossou, D. Malvy, J.P. Pivetaud, J.F. Moreau, J.L. Taupin, J.M. Ragnaud, C. De
La Taille, H. Dutronc, D. Neau, C. Series, A.Taytard; Dax Hospital: Dr M. Loste, I. Blanchard;
Bayonne Hospital: Dr F. Bonnal, Y. Blanchard, S. Farbos, M.C. Gemain; Libourne Hospital:
J. Ceccaldi, X. Jacquelin; Villeneuve-sur-Lot Hospital: E. Buy, G. Brossard. Data
management and analysis: M.-J. Blaizeau, M. Decoin, L. Dequae-Merchadou, A.M.
Formaggio, M. Pontgahet, D. Touchard, G. Palmer.
EuroSIDA cohort (national coordinators in parenthesis): Austria: (N. Vetter), Vienna;
Belgium: (N. Clumeck) P. Hermans, B. Sommereijns, Brussels; R. Colebunders, Antwerp;
Czech Republic: (L. Machala) H. Rozsypal, Prague. Denmark: (J. Nielsen) J. Lundgren, T.
Benfield, O. Kirk, J. Gerstoft, T. Katzenstein, B. Røge, P. Skinhøj, Rigshospitalet,
Copenhagen; C. Pedersen (Odense). Estonia: (K Zilmer), Tallinn. France: (C Katlama) M.
De Sa, J.-P. Viard, Paris; T. Saint-Marc, P. Vanhems, Lyon; C. Pradier, Nice. Germany: (M.
Dietrich), C. Manegold, J. van Lunzen, H.-J. Stellbrink, Hamburg; V. Miller, S. Staszewski,
Frankfurt; F.-D. Goebel, Munich; B. Salzberger, Cologne; J. Rockstroh, Bonn. Greece: (J.
Kosmidis), P. Gargalianos, H. Sambatakou, J. Perdios, G. Panos, I. Karydis, A. Filandras,
Athens. Hungary: (D Banhegyi), Budapest. Ireland: (F Mulcahy), Dublin. Israel: (I Yust), D.
Turner, Tel Aviv; S Pollack, Z. Ben-Ishai, Haifa; Z. Bentwich, Rehovot; S. Maayan, Jerusalem.
Italy: (S. Vella, A. Chiesi), V. Vullo, P. Santopadre, P. Narciso, A. Antinori, P. Franci, M.
Zaccarelli, Rome; C. Arici, Bergamo; R. Pristerá, Bolzano; F. Mazzotta, A. Gabbuti,
Florence; R. Esposito, A. Bedini, Modena; A. Chirianni, E. Montesarchio, Naples; A.
Lazzarin, R. Finazzi, A. D'Arminio Monforte, Milan. Latvia: (L. Viksna), Riga. Lithuania: (S.
Chaplinskas), Vilnius. Luxembourg: (R. Hemmer), T. Staub, Luxembourg. Netherlands: (P.
Reiss), Amsterdam. Norway: (J. Bruun), A. Maeland, V. Ormaasen, Oslo. Poland: (B.
Knysz), J. Gasiorowski, Wroclaw; A. Horban, Warsaw; D. Prokopowicz, A. WiercinskaDrapalo, Bialystok; A. Boron-Kaczmarska, M. Pynka, Szczecin; M. Beniowski, Chorzow; H.
Trocha, Gdansk. Portugal: (F. Antunes), K. Mansinho, R. Proenca, Lisbon. Romania: A.
Streinu-Cercel, D. Duiculescu. Slovakia: (M. Mikras), Bratislava. Spain: (J. González-Lahoz),
B. Diaz, T. García-Benayas, L. Martin-Carbonero, V. Soriano, Madrid; B. Clotet, A. Jou, J.
Conejero, C. Tural, Badalona; J.M. Gatell, J.M. Miró, Barcelona. Sweden: (A. Blaxhult), A.
Karlsson, P. Pehrson, Stockholm. Switzerland: (B. Ledergerber), R. Weber, Zürich; P.
Francioli, A. Telenti, Lausanne; B. Hirschel, V. Soravia-Dunand, Geneve. United Kingdom:
(S. Barton), A.M. Johnson, D. Mercey, A. Phillips, C. Loveday, M.A. Johnson, A. Mocroft, A.
Pinching, J. Parkin, J. Weber, G. Scullard, London; M. Fisher, Brighton; R. Brettle, Edinburgh.
Virology group: C. Loveday, B. Clotet (Central Coordinators) plus ad hoc virologists from
participating sites in the EuroSIDA Study. Steering committee: F. Antunes, A. Blaxhult, N.
Clumeck, J. Gatell, A. Horban, A. Johnson, C. Katlama, B. Ledergerber (Chair), C.
Loveday, A. Phillips, P. Reiss, S. Vella. Coordinating centre staff: J. Lundgren (Project
Leader), I. Gjørup, O. Kirk, N. Friis-Moeller, A. Mocroft, A. Cozzi-Lepri, D. Mollerup, M.
Nielsen, A. Hansen, D. Kristensen, L. Kolte, S. Aabolt, L. Hansen, J. Kjær.
IMIT (Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases) Milan cohort: A. d’Arminio Monforte, T.
Bini, P. Cicconi, M. Bongiovanni, F. Tordato, L. Milazzo, M. Moroni
Italian Cohort of Antiretroviral-Naive Patients (ICONA): Italy: Ancona: M Montroni, G
Scalise, MC Braschi, A Riva. Aviano (PN): U Tirelli, R Cinelli. Bari: G Pastore, N Ladisa, G
Minafra. Bergamo: F Suter, C Arici.
Bologna: F Chiodo, V Colangeli, C Fiorini, O
Coronado. Brescia: G Carosi, GP Cadeo, C Torti, C Minardi, D Bertelli. Busto Arsizio: G
Rizzardini, S Melzi. Cagliari: PE Manconi, P Piano. Catanzaro: L Cosco, A Scerbo. Chieti: J
Vecchiet, M D’Alessandro. Como: D Santoro, L Pusterla. Cremona: G Carnevale, P
Citterio. Cuggiono: P Viganò, M Mena. Ferrara: F Ghinelli, L Sighinolfi. Firenze: F Leoncini, F
Mazzotta, M Pozzi, S Lo Caputo. Foggia: G Angarano, B Grisorio, A Saracino, S Ferrara.
Galatina (LE): P Grima, P Tundo. Genova: G Pagano, G Cassola, A Alessandrini, R
Piscopo. Grosseto: M Toti, S Chigiotti. Latina: F Soscia, L Tacconi. Lecco: A Orani, P Perini.
Lucca: A Scasso, A Vincenti. Macerata: F Chiodera, P Castelli. Mantova: A Scalzini, L
Palvarini. Milano: M Moroni, A Lazzarin, A Cargnel, GM Vigevani, L Caggese, A d’Arminio
Monforte, D Repetto, A Galli, S Merli, C Pastecchia, MC Moioli. Modena: R Esposito, C
Mussini. Napoli: N Abrescia, A Chirianni, CM Izzo, M Piazza, M De Marco, R Viglietti, E
Manzillo, S Nappa. Palermo: A Colomba, V Abbadessa, T Prestileo, S Mancuso. Parma: C
Ferrari, P Pizzaferri. Pavia: G Filice, L Minoli, R Bruno, S Novati. Perugia: F Baldelli, M Tinca.
Pesaro: E Petrelli, A Cioppi. Piacenza: F Alberici, A Ruggieri. Pisa: F Menichetti, C Martinelli.
Potenza: C De Stefano, A La Gala. Ravenna: G Ballardini, E Rizzo. Reggio Emilia: G
Magnani, MA Ursitti. Rimini: M Arlotti, P Ortolani. Roma: R Cauda, F Dianzani, G Ippolito, A
Antinori, G Antonucci, S D’Elia, P Narciso, N Petrosillo, V Vullo, A De Luca, A Bacarelli, M
Zaccarelli, R Acinapura, P De Longis, A Brandi, MP Trotta, P Noto, M Lichtner, MR
Capobianchi, F Carletti, E Girardi, P Pezzotti, G Rezza. Sassari: MS Mura, M Mannazzu.
Torino: P Caramello, G Di Perri, ML Soranzo, GC Orofino, I Arnaudo, M Bonasso. Varese:
PA Grossi, C Basilico. Verbania: A Poggio, G Bottari. Venezia: E Raise, F Ebo. Vicenza: F
De Lalla, G Tositti. Taranto: F Resta, K Loso. London, UK: A Cozzi Lepri
Köln / Bonn Cohort: G. Fatkenheuer, J. Rockstroh, B. Salzberger, K. Voigt, JC Wasmuth, A.
Wohrmann
Master cohort:
G. Carosi (Coordinator), F. Castelli, C. Torti,
F. Tinelli, G. Paraninfo
(Organisation and methodology) G. Pastore, N. Ladisa (Bari), F. Suter, F. Maggiolo, G.P.
Quinzan, M. Airoldi, V. Ravasi (Bergamo), S. Casari, M. Puoti, G.P. Cadeo, F. Castelnuovo,
(Brescia), G. Rizzardini, P. Migliorino (Busto Arsizio), G. Carnevale, P. Mondello (Cremona),
F. Mazzotta, S. Lo Caputo (Firenze), A. Orani, F. Perini (Lecco), L. Minoli, R. Maserati, S.
Novati (Pavia).
Modena cohort: C. Mussini, S. Borghi, R. Esposito
San Raffaele Milan Cohort: A. Castagna, C. Uberti-Foppa, A. Lazzarin
South Alberta Clinic: J. Gill, R. Read.
Spanish VACH Cohort: I. Suárez Lozano (Huelva), P. Viciana (Sevilla), F. Lozano (Sevilla), A.
Vergara (Cadiz), A. Terrón Pernía (Jerez), J. Gonzalez (Madrid), J. Cosín (Madrid), P. Geijo
(Cuenca), E. Ribera (Barcelona), P. Domingo (Barcelona), R. Teira (Bilbao), ML. GarcíaAlcalde (Gijon), Mª J. Galindo (Valencia), B. Roca (Castellon), T. Sánchez (Cartagena).
A. Muñoz (Badajoz), M. Garrido (Data Management), JR. Lacalle (Statistical analysis)
Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS): M. Battegay, E. Bernasconi, J. Böni, H. Bucher,
Ph. Bürgisser, S. Cattacin, M. Cavassini, R. Dubs, M. Egger, L. Elzi, P. Erb, K. Fantelli,
M. Fischer, M. Flepp, A. Fontana, P. Francioli (President), H. Furrer, M. Gorgievski,
H. Günthard, B. Hirschel, L. Kaiser, C. Kind, Th. Klimkait, U. Lauper, B. Ledergerber,
M. Opravil, F. Paccaud, G. Pantaleo, L. Perrin, J.-C. Piffaretti, M. Rickenbach, C. Rudin,
P. Schmid, J. Schüpbach, R. Speck, A. Telenti, A. Trkola, P. Vernazza, R. Weber, S. Yerly.
UCSC (University Cattolica Sacro Cuore) Rome Cohort: A. De Luca, R. Cauda