Sophie Le Coeur

Emeritus senior researcher
lecoeur@ined.fr +33(0) 1 56 06 21 15 +33(0)1 56 06 21 94
Secretariat : Evgeniya Samoshnikova +33 (0)1 56 06 20 24

Research field(s)

1) Impact of HIV/AIDS on mortality
- Impact on adult, child and adolescent mortality
- impact on maternal mortality
- impact on sex differential mortality
- impact of antiretroviral therapy on mortality

2) Impact of HIV/AIDS on reproductive behaviors
and fertility

3) Consequences of preventive and care
interventions
- Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of
HIV: clinical trials PHPT-1, PHPT-2, PHPT-4 in
Thailand; psycho-social obstacles to mother to
child transmission in developing countries.
- Impact of antiretroviral treatments: cohort of
HIV-infected patients (adults and children)
treated with antiretrovirals in Thailand.

4) Mortality and the living situation of adolescents born with HIV and treated with antiretrovirals.

A word by

Sophie Le Coeur answers our questions on World AIDS Day

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Some publications

Khlat, M., & Le Coeur, S. (2021). COVID-19 Epidemic: Early Shift in the Socioeconomic Profile of the Affected Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6), 3185. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063185

Poucineau J, Delory T, Lapidus N, Hejblum G, Chouaïd C, Le Cœur S, Khlat M. Hospital admissions and mortality for acute exacerbations of COPD during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide study in France. Front Med. 2022 Sep 16;9:995016. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.995016. PMID: 36186789; PMCID: PMC9522972

Delory T, Ngo-Giang-Huong N, Rangdaeng S, Chotivanich N, Limtrakul A, Putiyanun C, Suriyachai P, Matanasarawut W, Jarupanich T, Liampongsabuddhi P, Heard I, Jourdain G, Lallemant M, Le Cœur S; PapilloV study group. Human Papillomavirus infection and cervical lesions in HIV infected women on antiretroviral treatment in Thailand. J Infect. 2017 Feb 28. pii:S0163-4453(17)30071-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.02.007.

Merville, O., Puangmala, P., Suksawas, P., Kliangpiboon, W., Keawvilai, W., Tunkam, C., …, Le Coeur, S. (2021). School trajectory disruption among adolescents living with perinatal HIV receiving antiretroviral treatments: a case-control study in Thailand. BMC Public Health, 21(189). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10189-x

Dub T, Le Cœur S, Ngo-Giang-Huong N, Matanasarawut W, Suriyachai P, Saisawat K, Putiyanun C, Buranabanjasatean S, Leenasirimakul P, Randaeng S, Delory T. Prevalence of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Infections before and after Cervical Lesion Treatment, among Women Living with HIV. J Clin Med. 2021 Jul 15;10(14):3133. doi: 10.3390/jcm10143133. PMID: 34300302; PMCID: PMC8305309.

Rolland-Guillard L, de La Rochebrochard E, Sirirungsi W, Kanabkaew C, Breton D, Le Cœur S. Reproductive health, social life and plans for the future of adolescents growing-up with HIV: a case-control study in Thailand. AIDS Care. 2019 Jan;31(1):90-94.doi:10.1080/09540121.2018.1516281. Epub 2018 Sep 2. PubMed PMID: 30173557.

Traisathit P, Delory T, Ngo-Giang-Huong N, Somsamai R, Techakunakorn P, Theansavettrakul S, Kanjanavanit S, Mekmullica J, Ngampiyaskul C, Na-Rajsima S, Lallemant M, Cressey TR, Jourdain G, Collins IJ, Le Coeur S. AIDS-Defining Events and Deaths in HIV-Infected Children and Adolescents on Antiretrovirals: A 14-Year Study in Thailand. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018. Jan 1;77(1):17-22. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001571. PubMed PMID: 29040162;PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6047734.

Teaching activities, other functions, titles

1) Infection with Human Papillomavirus and cervical cancer in women living with HIV.

2) Infection with Hepatitis C among IVDU users in Northern Thailand

3) Indirect impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the care of chronic diseases