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Marie Laga is affiliated with the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp in Belgium. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and social sciences, with a primary focus on infectious diseases, epidemiology, and sociology and political science.

The scientist has published extensively in topics such as HIV/AIDS research and interventions, HIV and related risk behaviors, sex work, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, poxvirus research and outbreaks, herpesvirus infections, and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Frequent venues for their work include:

  • AIDS and Behavior
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • AIDS Care

Notable recent papers by Marie Laga include:

  • Retrospective detection of asymptomatic monkeypox virus infections among male sexual health clinic attendees in Belgium, 2022, Nature Medicine
  • Reduced sexual contacts with non-steady partners and less PrEP use among MSM in Belgium during the first weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown: results of an online survey, 2020, Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • The current landscape of pre-exposure prophylaxis service delivery models for HIV prevention: a scoping review, 2020, BMC Health Services Research
  • Alternative sampling specimens for the molecular detection of mpox (formerly monkeypox) virus, 2022, Journal of Clinical Virology
  • Choosing event-driven and daily HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis - data from two European PrEP demonstration projects among men who have sex with men, 2021, Journal of the International AIDS Society

Frequent coauthors in their collaborative work include:

  • Béa Vuylsteke
  • Christiana Nöstlinger
  • Thijs Reyniers
  • Jef Vanhamel
  • Edwin Wouters

Marie Laga's publications are predominantly within the broader field of medicine, particularly focusing on infectious and sexually transmitted diseases, combined with significant contributions to social sciences through epidemiological and sociopolitical research related to health.

Best Publications

  • Non-ulcerative sexually transmitted diseases as risk factors for HIV-1 transmission in women: results from a cohort study.

    Laga M;Manoka A;Kivuvu M;Malele B

  • Effectiveness of COL-1492, a nonoxynol-9 vaginal gel, on HIV-1 transmission in female sex workers: a randomised controlled trial

    Lut Van Damme;Gita Ramjee;Michel Alary;Bea Vuylsteke

  • Towards an improved investment approach for an effective response to HIV/AIDS

    Bernhard Schwartländer;John Stover;Timothy Hallett;Rifat Atun;Rifat Atun

  • Condom promotion, sexually transmitted diseases treatment, and declining incidence of HIV-1 infection in female Zairian sex workers

    M Laga;M Alary;F Behets;J Goeman

  • The associations between cervicovaginal HIV shedding, sexually transmitted diseases and immunosuppression in female sex workers in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

    P D Ghys;K Fransen;M O Diallo;V Ettiègne-Traoré

  • Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae by Enzyme Immunoassay, Culture, and Three Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests

    E. Van Dyck;M. Ieven;S. Pattyn;L. Van Damme

  • The epidemiology of HSV-2 infection and its association with HIV infection in four urban African populations

    HA Weiss;A Buve;NJ Robinson;E Van Dyck

  • Multicentre study on factors determining differences in rate of spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: methods and prevalence of HIV infection.

    A Buvé;M Caraël;RJ Hayes;B Auvert

  • The interrelationship of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV infection: implications for the control of both epidemics in Africa.

    Laga M;Nzila N;Goeman J

  • Retrospective Seroepidemiology of AIDS Virus Infection in Nairobi Populations

    Piot P;Plummer Fa;Rey Ma;Ngugi En

  • Genital papillomavirus infection and cervical dysplasia--opportunistic complications of HIV infection.

    Marie Laga;Joseph P. Icenogle;Richard Marsella;Abib Thiam Manoka

  • Increase in condom use and decline in HIV and sexually transmitted diseases among female sex workers in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 1991-1998.

    Peter D Ghys;Mamadou O Diallo;Virginie Ettiègne-Traoré;Kouamé Kalé

  • The Prevalence of Infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus over a 10-Year Period in Rural Zaire

    N. Nzilambi;K. M. De Cock;D. N. Forthal;H. Francis

  • Genital ulcers, other sexually transmitted diseases, and the sexual transmission of HIV.

    P. Piot;M. Laga

  • HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among female prostitutes in Kinshasa

    Nzilambi Nzila;Marie Laga;Marie Laga;Manoka Abib Thiam;Kivuvu Mayimona

  • The real challenges for scaling up ART in sub-Saharan Africa.

    Wim Van Damme;Katharina Kober;Marie Laga

  • The multicentre study on factors determining the differential spread of HIV in four African cities: summary and conclusions

    A. Buvé;M. Caraël;R. J. Hayes;B. Auvert

  • Clinical Algorithms for the Screening of Women for Gonococcal and Chlamydial Infection: Evaluation of Pregnant Women and Prostitutes in Zaire

    B. Vuylsteke;M. Laga;M. Alary;M.-M. Gerniers

  • Effect of interventions to control sexually transmitted disease on the incidence of HIV infection in female sex workers.

    Peter D. Ghys;Mamadou O. Diallo;Virginie Ettiegne-Traore;Glen A. Satten

  • Epidemiology of ophthalmia neonatorum in Kenya

    Marie Laga;Herbert Nzanze;RobertC Brunham;Gregory Maitha

  • Making HIV prevention programmes work

    Stefano M Bertozzi;Marie Laga;Sergio Bautista-Arredondo;Alex Coutinho

  • To stem HIV in Africa, prevent transmission to young women.

    Marie Laga;Bernhard Schwärtlander;Elisabeth Pisani;Papa Salif Sow

  • Comparison of culture and different PCR assays for detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in self collected vaginal swab specimens.

    T Crucitti;E Van Dyck;A Tehe;S Abdellati

  • Heterosexual transmission of Hiv

    Anne M. Johnson;Marie Laga

  • Risk assessment and other screening options for gonorrhoea and chlamydial infections in women attending rural Tanzanian antenatal clinics.

    Mayaud P;Grosskurth H;Changalucha J;Todd J

  • LONGSTANDING PRESENCE IN BELGIANS OF MULTIPLE NON-B HIV-1 SUBTYPES

    K. Fransen;A. Buvé;J.N. Nkengasong;M. Laga

  • Maternal gonococcal infection as a preventable risk factor for low birth weight

    B. Elliott;R. C. Brunham;M. Laga;P. Piot

  • A phase I study of a novel potential intravaginal microbicide, PRO 2000, in healthy sexually inactive women

    L. Van Damme;A. Wright;K. Depraetere;I. Rosenstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Piot
Peter Piot London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Alan E. Greenberg
Alan E. Greenberg George Washington University
Richard J. Hayes
Richard J. Hayes London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Robert C. Brunham
Robert C. Brunham University of British Columbia
Francis A. Plummer
Francis A. Plummer University of Manitoba
Tania Crucitti
Tania Crucitti Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
Robert Colebunders
Robert Colebunders University of Antwerp
Heiner Grosskurth
Heiner Grosskurth University of London
Jim Todd
Jim Todd London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
John N. Nkengasong
John N. Nkengasong Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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