title: [Management of the bank of biological material in the hospital-based SEROCO and HEMOCO cohorts of HIV-infected patients].
abstract: The French SEROCO and HEMOCO hospital-based cohorts have enrolled and followed HIV-infected patients, before and after the highly active antiretroviral therapy era. Among the objectives in 1988, was explicitly mentioned the constitution of a centralised bank of biological material (serums at enrollment and every 6 months, PBMC at enrollment and every 18 months). This paper details the organisation of the bank and the numerous studies performed from this bank, and presents a few simple decision rules which have been developed with the growing acquired experience.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Epidémiologie, INSERM U569, Hôpital de Bicêtre AP/HP, 82, rue du Général-Leclerc, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cedex. meyer@vjf.inserm.fr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gharib
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lerable
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarr
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boufassa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deveau
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boucherit
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaib
authors.forename: J-B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Hubert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Persoz
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Delfraissy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rouzioux
mesh_terms: D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D001771:Blood Banks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001793:Blood Preservation; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015925:Cryopreservation; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods