Volume 14 Supplement 4

Proceedings of the 7th Romanian National HIV/AIDS Congress and The 2nd Central European HIV Forum

Meeting abstracts

Edited by Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Cristian Apetrei, Cristian Baicuş, Otilia Elisabeta Benea, Dan Duiculescu, Daniel Webster, Mariana Mărdărescu, Mike Youle, Maja Stanojevic, Snjezana Zidovec and Annemarie Wensing

The publication of this supplement has been funded by the "Prof Dr Matei Bals" Foundation. No formal declaration of competing interests is available for Dan Duiculescu (deceased), though it is believed he had no competing interests while acting in his role as a Supplement Editor. The other Supplement Editors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Current epidemiological HIV/AIDS situation in Republic of Moldova

Authors: Lucia Pîrțînă, Angela Nagîț, Svetlana Popovici, Olga Staicova, Elena Golovco, Irina Cucerova, Iulian Oltu and Viorel Calistru

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O1

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First case of recent retroviral infection after accidental occupational non-medical exposure to contaminated HIV blood in National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Prof. Dr. Matei Balş" Bucharest, Romania

Authors: Elisabeta Otilia Benea, Cozmina Andrei, Georgeta Ducu, Șerban Benea, Dan Oțelea, Sorin Petrea, Manuela Podani, Alina Cozma and Ruxandra Moroti

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O2

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The dynamics of HIV trends of transmission in the Romanian cohort

Authors: Mariana Mărdărescu, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Dan Oțelea, Marieta Iancu, Sanda Vintilă and Iosif Ionel

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O3

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The challenges of managing antiretroviral treatment in children perinatally infected with HIV in Romania

Authors: Alina Cibea, Mariana Mărdărescu, Cristina Petre, Ruxandra Neagu-Drăghicenoiu, Rodica Ungurianu, Sorin Petrea, Ana Maria Tudor, Delia Vlad and Carina Matei

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O4

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Molecular diversity of HIV-1 in Croatia

Authors: Ivana Grgic, Ana Planinic, Lana Gorenec, Adriana Vince, Josip Begovac and Snjezana Zidovec Lepej

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O5

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Mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV - almost a thing of the past? A cohort study of HIV positive women starting antiretroviral drugs in pregnancy

Authors: Hugh A Leonard, Ana Gonzalez, Lisa Burch, Neal Marshall, Fathulla Badenan, Debbie Levitt, Ana Garcia, Alison Wright, Rimi Shah, Daniel Webster and Margaret Johnson

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O6

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Birth defects in HIV vertically exposed children

Authors: Ana Maria Tudor, Mariana Mărdărescu, Ioana Alina Anca, Cristina Petre, Cosmina Cristea, Ruxandra Neagu-Drăghicenoiu and Rodica Ungurianu

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O7

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Antiretroviral therapy adherence monitoring and its impact on immuno-virological outcome

Authors: Alina Lobodan, Cristina Popescu, Anca Ruxandra Negru, Raluca Dulamă, Irina Lăpădat, Violeta Molagic, Mihaela Rădulescu, Raluca Jipa, Adriana Hristea, Raluca Mihăilescu, Cătălin Tilişcan, Daniela Munteanu, Raluca Năstase, Gabriel Popescu and Victoria Aramă

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O8

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Low level viraemia and the risk of virological failure in HIV infected patients

Authors: Dragoş Florea, Ionelia Bâțan, Angelica Doana, Simona Paraschiv, Leontina Bănică and Dan Oțelea

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O9

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Antiretroviral treatment in adult ethnobotanical intravenous drug users recently infected with HIV

Authors: Ionuț Cristian Popa, Simona Erscoiu, Cristina Pătru, Olivia Burcoş, Tatiana Stoicev, Emanoil Ceauşu, Nicoleta Pîrvu, Denis Oncel, Raia Loghin and Ana-Maria Mehedinți

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O10

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Variation in CD4 cell count among IDUs versus sexually-infected HIV-positive naïve patients in Romania

Authors: Iulia Niculescu, Eliza Manea, Simona Paraschiv, Ionelia Bâțan, Adrian Abagiu, Adriana Hristea, Raluca Jipa, Cătălin Tilişcan, Raluca Mihăilescu, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Victoria Aramă and Dan Oțelea

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O11

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Leptin dysfunction and the risk of dyslipidemia and metabolic syndrome in Romanian HIV-infected patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy

Authors: Cătălin Tilişcan, Raluca Mihăilescu, Daniela Munteanu, Victoria Aramă, Ana Maria Tudor, Cristina Popescu, Adriana Hristea, Anca Ruxandra Negru, Roxana Petre, Iulia Niculescu, Mihai Lazăr, Daniela Adriana Ion, Adrian Streinu-Cercel and Sorin Ștefan Aramă

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O12

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Betapapillomaviruses in the anal canal of HIV positive and HIV negative men who have sex with men

Authors: Mario Poljak, Boštjan Kocjan, Boštjan Mlakar, Lea Hošnjak, Kristina Fujs Komloš, Miloš Milošević and Katja Seme

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O13

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Muco-cutaneous manifestations in HIV infection/AIDS

Authors: Vasile Benea, Simona Roxana Georgescu, Mircea Tampa, Mihaela Anca Benea, Elisabeta Otilia Benea and Șerban Benea

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O14

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Low prevalence of hepatitis C infection among HIV-infected individuals in Slovenia: a nationwide study, 1985–2013

Authors: Katja Seme, Mateja Škamperle, Maja M Lunar, Polona Maver Vodičar, Janez Tomažič, Ludvik Vidmar, Primož Karner, Tomaž Vovko, Blaž Pečavar, Mojca Matičič and Mario Poljak

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O15

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High prevalence of asymptomatic HBV chronic carriage in HIV infected long term survivors

Authors: Aura Temereanca, Luminița Ene, Adelina Rosca, Camelia Grancea, Claudia Dita, Dan Duiculescu, Cristian L Achim and Simona Ruță

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O16

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Influence of liver fibrosis stage on nevirapine plasma concentration in HIV-infected patients with chronic hepatitis C virus

Authors: Gordana Dragovic, Colette Smith, Djordje Jevtovic, Mike Youle and David Back

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O17

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Co-infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Estonian intravenous drug users HIV epidemic

Authors: Kristi Huik, Heli Rajasaar, Radko Avi, Merit Pauskar, Valentina Ustina, Kersti Kink, Lilia Novikova, Matti Maimets, Kai Zilmer and Irja Lutsar

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O18

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Concordance between noninvasive assessments of fibrosis in patients with HIV/HIV+HBV infection

Authors: Elena Dumea, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Sorin Rugină, Lucian Cristian Petcu and Simona Claudia Cambrea

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O19

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Baseline HIV-1 tropism prediction in advanced immune suppressed patients: evidence of CXCR4 viruses in IDUs infected with recombinant forms

Authors: Simona Paraschiv, Ionelia Bâțan, Leontina Bănică, Iulia Niculescu and Dan Oțelea

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O20

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Forensic application of phylogenetic analysis – exploration of suspected epidemiological linkage

Authors: Marina Siljic, Dubravka Salemovic, Djordje Jevtovic, Ivana Pesic-Pavlovic, Sonja Zerjav, Valentina Nikolic, Jovan Ranin and Maja Stanojevic

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O21

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Antiretroviral drug resistance and viral tropism in HIV-1 CRF06_cpx infected patients failing antiretroviral (ARV) therapy

Authors: Merit Pauskar, Kristi Huik, Radko Avi, Eveli Kallas, Ene-Ly Jõgeda, Tõnis Karki, Svetlana Semjonova, Jelena Smidt, Lilia Novikova, Külliki Ainsalu and Irja Lutsar

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O22

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The characteristics of the HIV subtype B epidemic in Slovenia

Authors: Maja M Lunar, Ana B Abecasis, Anne-Mieke Vandamme, Janez Tomažič, Ludvik Vidmar, Primož Karner, Tomaž D Vovko, Blaž Pečavar and Mario Poljak

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O23

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Full-length genome sequences of Estonian HIV-1 CRF06 and Eastern-European subtype A1 recombinant forms

Authors: Radko Avi, Kristi Huik, Merit Pauskar, Eveli Kallas, Ene-Ly Jõgeda, Kai Zilmer, Valentina Ustina, Lilia Novikova, Tõnis Karki, Veljo Kisand and Irja Lutsar

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O24

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Feasibility of testing and detection of HIV-1 drug resistance in proviral DNA

Authors: Clare L Booth, Adele McCormick, Ana Garcia-Diaz, Malcolm Macartney, Michael Youle, Margaret Johnson and Daniel Webster

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O25

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Cerebral toxoplasmosis in children and adolescents from “Dr. Victor Babeş” Hospital pediatric HIV-cohort

Authors: Sebastian Smâdu, Roxana Rădoi, Eugenia Ungureanu, Cristiana Oprea, Simona Tetradov, Mihaly Enyedi, Dan Duiculescu and Luminița Ene

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O26

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Epstein-Barr virus in the cerebrospinal fluid of HIV-positive patients. Observational cross-sectional study

Authors: Ruxandra V Moroti-Constantinescu, Ioana D Olaru, Adriana Hristea, Ana-Maria Petrescu, Victoria Aramă, Elisabeta O Benea, Raluca M Hrişcă, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Dan Oțelea and Dragoş Florea

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O27

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Evolution of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in HIV-infected patients

Authors: Ana Maria Iancu, Dalia Sorina Carp and Simona Claudia Cambrea

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O28

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Computerized screening tools for neurocognitive impairment in patients with HIV infection

Authors: Ioana-Catrinel Cercel, Șerban Polli, Oana Streinu-Cercel, Anca Streinu-Cercel and Adrian Streinu-Cercel

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):O29

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Naïve HIV late presenters – a study for 35 months in the Infectious Diseases Hospital Iaşi, Romania

Authors: Carmen Manciuc, Maria Alexandra Largu, Andrei Vâță, Cristina Nicolau, Liviu Jany Prisăcariu and Carmen Dorobăț

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P1

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Immunizations in children exposed perinatally to HIV – from theory to practice

Authors: Delia Adelina Vlad, Mariana Mărdărescu, Cristina Petre, Ruxandra Neagu-Drăghicenoiu, Rodica Ungurianu, Sorin Petrea, Ana Maria Tudor and Alina Cibea

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P2

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Evaluation of adipose tissue changes with bioimpedance and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in treatment of multi-experienced HIV-infected patients

Authors: Raluca Mihăilescu, Daniela Ioana Munteanu, Mihai Lazăr, Cătălin Tilişcan, Laura Papagheorghe, Raluca Dulama, Loredana Benea, Mihaela Rădulescu, Ana Maria Tudor, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Adriana Hristea, Anca Ruxandra Negru, Irina Lăpădat, Daniela Ion, Sorin Ștefan Aramă, Victoria Aramă…

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P3

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The prevalence of RT 245 codon polymorphisms and its association with duration of infection among HIV-1 patients in Serbia

Authors: Valentina Nikolic, Dubravka Salemovic, Djordje Jevtovic, Ivana Pesic-Pavlovic, Sonja Zerjav, Marina Siljic, Jovan Ranin and Maja Stanojevic

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P4

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Characteristics of Kaposi sarcoma in HIV-infected patients

Authors: Raluca Jipa, Oana Streinu-Cercel, Șerban Benea, Iulia Niculescu, Roxana Petre, Elisabeta Otilia Benea, Ruxandra Moroti, Cristina Popescu, Victoria Aramă and Adriana Hristea

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P5

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Epidemiologic patterns in HIV infection in Mureş county

Authors: Lucia Carmen Chiriac, Erzsébet Iringó Zaharia-Kézdi, Brînduşa Ţilea, Anca Georgescu, Cristina Gîrbovan, Andrea Incze, Nina-Ioana Șincu and Ioana Palcu

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P6

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Late presenters (LP) in the last 3 years in the anti-AIDS center of Cluj, Romania

Authors: Corina Itu, Cristian Jianu, Mirela Flonta, Ligia Ursu and Daniela Marcu

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P7

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Epidemiological aspects of HIV infection in the Republic of Moldova

Authors: Iurie Osoianu and Ala Halacu

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P8

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Changes in HIV transmission profile in Arad county

Authors: Dana Negru, Teodora Olaru, Laura Nicolescu and Mirandolina Prişcă

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P9

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Evaluation of anthropometric and virologic data in newborn from HIV positive mothers

Authors: Simona Claudia Cambrea, Doina Eugenia Tănase, Maria Margareta Ilie, Dalia Sorina Carp, Elena Dumea, Stela Halichidis and Lucian Cristian Petcu

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P10

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Mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) – experience of two AIDS centers from Romania

Authors: Liana Precupescu, Corina Itu, Carmen Chiriac, Erzsébet Iringó Zaharia-Kézdi and Mihaela Lupşe

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P11

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Impact of HIV-1 infection on mortality among new diagnosed cases in a hospital in Bucharest

Authors: Simona Erscoiu, Ionuț Cristian Popa, Olivia Burcoş, Raia Loghin, Ana Maria Mehedinți and Emanoil Ceauşu

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P12

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Brief intervention to strengthen adherence to ART in prison

Authors: Adrian Octavian Abagiu, Rodica Gruia and Laurentia Florentina Ștefan

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P13

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Characteristic of HIV/AIDS infected patients at the detection and HAART initiation

Authors: Tiberiu Holban, Ina Bîstrițchi, Constantin Spânu and Angela Nagîț

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P14

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The impact of infectious diseases on personality traits - comparative study on HIV versus hepatitis B and C

Authors: Carmen Manciuc, Maria Alexandra Largu, Andrei Vâță, Cristina Nicolau, Liviu Jany Prisăcariu, Daniela Stoica and Carmen Dorobăț

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P15

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Epidermodysplasia verruciformis in a HIV patient – case report

Authors: Anca Răducan, Adina Alexandru, Irina Magdalena Dumitru and Sorin Rugină

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P16

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HIV-associated Burkitt lymphoma with bone marrow and cerebral invasion in a patient with history of Plasmodium falciparum infection

Authors: Irina Lăpădat, Cristina Popescu, Raluca Dulamă, Alina Lobodan, Anca Ruxandra Negru, Mihaela Rădulescu, Violeta Molagic, Ruxandra Moroti, Cătălin Tilişcan and Victoria Aramă

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P17

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Liver damage in HIV+HBV co-infected patients determined by transient elastography

Authors: Elena Dumea, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Sorin Rugină, Lucian Cristian Petcu, Zizi Niculescu, Alina Doina Nicoară and Simona Claudia Cambrea

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P18

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Comparative analysis on HIV patient survival in Arad county

Authors: Laura Nicolescu, Dana Negru, Teodora Olaru and Mirandolina Prişcă

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P19

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Chronic diarrhea in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

Authors: Cristina Olariu and Adriana Nurciu

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P20

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Severe sepsis with Hafnia alvei and dual pulmonary infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Pneumocystis carinii in a late presenter patient infected with HIV – case presentation

Authors: Andreea Ardeleanu, Ovidiu Roşca, Monica Cialma, Daniela Desagă and Ingrid Deak

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P21

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