Expertise

HIV and cardiovascular disease;

HIV in women living with HIV;

Lyme borrelioses;

Neuroinfections

Primære forskningsområder

HIV and cardiovascular disease,

HIV in women living with HIV;

Lyme borreliosis;

Aktuel forskning

Prevalence and pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease in HIV positive patients.

• To study the prevalence and pathophysiology of atherosclerotic disease in HIV+ in order to plan how to screen, monitor and treat these patients to minimize future cardiovascular events:

• Comparison of the prevalence of endothelial dysfunction (82Rb-PET myocardial flow reserve) in women and males with HIV infection and no symptoms of CVD.

• To compare subclinical atherosclerotic disease in HIV infected women with and without CMV co-infection.

• Prediction of myocardial infarction in HIV+ adults by endothelial and inflammatory markers in plasma.

Lyme borreliosis

• Long-term survival, health, and social functioning in patients diagnosed with European Lyme neuroborreliosis during 1985-2016

HIV in women, gender differences in HIV and HPV/Cervical dysplasia

• Incidence of cervical dysplasia and cervical cancer in women living with HIV in Denmark: comparison with the general population

• Assessment of mode of delivery and predictors of acute caesarean section among women living with HIV in a matched-pair setting with women from the general population in Denmark, 2002-2014.