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Overview

Roel A. Coutinho is affiliated with the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focused expertise in Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, as well as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work prominently addresses topics including HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, HIV-related health complications and treatments, and the interaction of HIV with drug use and sexual risk behaviors. Additional research interests include Hepatitis C virus research, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Zoonotic diseases and public health, and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact.

Frequent publication venues for their research consist of:

  • AIDS
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • PLoS ONE
  • Harm Reduction Journal
  • Global Heart

Key coauthors collaborating with Roel A. Coutinho include:

  • Alinda G. Vos
  • Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch
  • Hugo A. Tempelman
  • W.L.J.M. Devillé
  • Diederick E. Grobbee

Their recent papers cover various intersections of infectious disease and cardiovascular and public health issues. Selected publications are:

  • Cardiovascular Disease Burden in Rural Africa: Does HIV and Antiretroviral Treatment Play a Role? (2020), Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Exploring the characteristics of a local demand for African wild meat: A focus group study of long-term Ghanaian residents in the Netherlands (2021), PLoS ONE
  • Lessons learned from the Amsterdam Cohort Studies among people who use drugs: a historical perspective (2021), Harm Reduction Journal
  • Heart Rate Variability, HIV and the Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases in Rural South Africa (2020), Global Heart
  • Achieving a high cure rate with direct-acting antivirals for chronic Hepatitis C virus infection in Cameroon: a multi-clinic demonstration project (2020), Tropical Medicine & International Health

Best Publications

  • Prognostic Value of HIV-1 Syncytium-Inducing Phenotype for Rate of CD4+ Cell Depletion and Progression to AIDS

    Maarten Koot;Ireneus P. M. Keet;Aster H. V. Vos;Ruud E. Y. de Goede

  • Persistent immune activation in HIV-1 infection is associated with progression to AIDS.

    Mette D. Hazenberg;Sigrid A. Otto;Birgit H. B. Van Benthem;Marijke Th. L. Roos

  • Time from HIV-1 seroconversion to AIDS and death before widespread use of highly-active antiretroviral therapy: a collaborative re-analysis

    A Babiker;S Darby;D De Angelis;D Kwart

  • Full participation in harm reduction programmes is associated with decreased risk for human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus: evidence from the Amsterdam Cohort Studies among drug users.

    Charlotte Van Den Berg;Colette Smit;Giel Van Brussel;Roel Coutinho

  • T cell telomere length in HIV-1 infection: No evidence for increased CD4(+) T cell turnover

    Katja C. Wolthers;G. Bea;A. Wisman;Sigrid A. Otto

  • Evidence of a large, international network of HCV transmission in HIV-positive men who have sex with men

    Thijis van de Laar;Oliver Pybus;Sylvia Bruisten;David Brown

  • Increase in HCV incidence among men who have sex with men in Amsterdam most likely caused by sexual transmission

    Thijs J.W. Van De Laar;Akke K. Van Der Bij;Maria Prins;Sylvia M. Bruisten

  • Hepatitis C virus infections among HIV-infected men who have sex with men: an expanding epidemic.

    Anouk T Urbanus;Thijs J van de Laar;Ineke G Stolte;Janke Schinkel

  • Homosexual men change to risky sex when perceiving less threat of HIV/AIDS since availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy: a longitudinal study.

    Ineke G. Stolte;Nicole H. T. M. Dukers;Ronald B. Geskus;Roel A. Coutinho

  • Effective therapy has altered the spectrum of cause-specific mortality following HIV seroconversion.

    Colette Smit;Ronald Geskus;Sarah Walker;Caroline Sabin

  • Expanded European AIDS case definition

    Rosemary Ancelle-Park;J.P. Klein;A. Stroobant;E. Smith

  • Syncytium-inducing (SI) phenotype suppression at seroconversion after intramuscular inoculation of a non-syncytium-inducing/SI phenotypically mixed human immunodeficiency virus population.

    M Cornelissen;G Mulder-Kampinga;J Veenstra;F Zorgdrager

  • Seroconversion for human herpesvirus 8 during HIV infection is highly predictive of Kaposi's sarcoma.

    Neil Renwick;Teysir Halaby;Gerrit J. Weverling;Nicole H.t.m. Dukers

  • The Natural History of HIV-1 Infection: Virus Load and Virus Phenotype Independent Determinants of Clinical Course?

    Suzanne Jurriaans;Bob Van Gemen;Gerrit Jan Weverling;Dianne Van Strup

  • A longitudinal study on the incidence and transmission patterns of HIV, HBV and HCV infection among drug users in Amsterdam

    E. J. C. van Ameijden;J. A. R. Van Den Hoek;G. H. C. Mientjes;R. A. Coutinho

  • A resurgent HIV-1 epidemic among men who have sex with men in the era of potent antiretroviral therapy.

    Daniela Bezemer;Frank de Wolf;Maarten C Boerlijst;Ard van Sighem

  • Young and recent-onset injecting drug users are at higher risk for HIV

    J.S.A. Fennema;E.J.C. van Ameijden;J.A.R. van den Hoek;R.A. Coutinho

  • Predictors of Rapid Progression to AIDS in HIV-1 Seroconverters

    Ireneus P.M. Keet;Pieta Krijnen;Maarten Koot;Joep M.A. Lange

  • Diagnostic and Clinical Implications of Anorectal Lymphogranuloma Venereum in Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Retrospective Case-Control Study

    Akke K. Van der Bij;Joke Spaargaren;Servaas A. Morré;Han S. A. Fennema

  • Response to imported case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever, the Netherlands

    Aura Timen;Marion P.G. Koopmans;Marion P.G. Koopmans;Ann C.T.M. Vossen;Gerard J.J. van Doornum

  • The contribution of steady and casual partnerships to the incidence of HIV infection among homosexual men in Amsterdam.

    Maria Xiridou;Ronald Geskus;John De Wit;Roel Coutinho

  • Risk Factors for Human Herpesvirus 8 Seropositivity and Seroconversion in a Cohort of Homosexula Men

    Nicole H. T. M. Dukers;Neil Renwick;Maria Prins;Ronald B. Geskus

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Prins
Maria Prins University of Amsterdam
Jaap Goudsmit
Jaap Goudsmit Harvard University
Frank Miedema
Frank Miedema Utrecht University
Eduard J. Sanders
Eduard J. Sanders University of Oxford
Sylvia M. Bruisten
Sylvia M. Bruisten University of Amsterdam
Joep M. A. Lange
Joep M. A. Lange University of Amsterdam
John de Wit
John de Wit Utrecht University
Hanneke Schuitemaker
Hanneke Schuitemaker Valneva (Austria)
Marijke T. L. Roos
Marijke T. L. Roos University of Amsterdam
Suzanne Jurriaans
Suzanne Jurriaans University of Amsterdam

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