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The third era of genomics is at risk of being dismantled across the Global South

de Oliveira T, Science (2024), 386(6718):eadt4843. doi: 10.1126/science.adt4843.:


A new lineage nomenclature to aid genomic surveillance of dengue virus

Hill V, Cleemput S, Pereira JS, Gifford RJ, Fonseca V, Tegally H, Brito AF, Ribeiro G, de Souza VC, Brcko IC, Ribeiro IS, De Lima ITT, Slavov SN, Sampaio SC, Elias MC, Tran VT, Kien DTH, Huynh T, Yacoub S, Dieng I, Salvato R, Wallau GL, Gregianini TS, Godinho FMS, Vogels CBF, Breban MI, Leguia M, Jagtap S, Roy R, Hapuarachchi C, Mwanyika G, Giovanetti M, Alcantara LCJ, Faria NR, Carrington CVF, Hanley KA, Holmes EC, Dumon W, Lima ARJ, de Oliveira T, Grubaugh ND., PLoS Biology (2024), 22(9):e3002834. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002834.:


Impacts of climate change-related human migration on infectious diseases

Tsui JLH, Pena RE, Moir M, Inward RPD, Wilkinson E, San JE, Poongavanan J, Bajaj S, Gutierrez B, Dasgupta A, de Oliveira T, Kraemer MUG, Tegally H, Sambaturu P , Nature Climate Change (2024), 14, 793–802 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02078-z:


Phylogenetic evidence of extensive spatial mixing of diverse HIV-1 group M lineages within Cameroon but not between its neighbours

Godwe C, Goni OH, San JE, Sonela N, Tchakoute M, Nanfack A, Koro FK, Butel C, Vidal N, Duerr R, Martin DP, de Oliveira T, Peeters M, Altfeld M, Ayouba A, Ndung'u T, Tongo M, Virus Evolution (2024), 10(1):veae070. doi: 10.1093/ve/veae070:


Understanding the Transmission Dynamics of the Chikungunya Virus in Africa

Ramphal Y, Tegally H, San JE, Reichmuth ML, Hofstra M, Wilkinson E, Baxter C, Climade Consortium, de Oliveira T, Moir M, Pathogens (2024), 13(7):605. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13070605:


Sustained Human Outbreak of a New MPXV Clade I Lineage in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Vakaniaki EH, Kacita C, Kinganda-Lusamaki E, O'Toole Á, Wawina-Bokalanga T, Mukadi-Bamuleka D, Amuri-Aziza A, Malyamungu-Bubala N, Mweshi-Kumbana F, Mutimbwa-Mambo L, Belesi-Siangoli F, Mujula Y, Parker E, Muswamba-Kayembe PC, Nundu SS, Lushima RS, Makangara-Cigolo JC, Mulopo-Mukanya N, Pukuta-Simbu E, Akil-Bandali P, Kavunga H, Abdramane O, Brosius I, Bangwen E, Vercauteren K, Sam-Agudu NA, Mills EJ, Tshiani-Mbaya O, Hoff NA, Rimoin AW, Hensley LE, Kindrachuk J, Baxter C, de Oliveira T, Ayouba A, Peeters M, Delaporte E, Ahuka-Mundeke S, Mohr EL, Sullivan NJ, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Nachega JB, Rambaut A, Liesenborghs L, Mbala-Kingebeni P, Nature Medicine (2024), doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-03130-3:


Associations of inter-annual rainfall decreases with subsequent HIV outcomes for persons with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Southern Africa: a collaborative analysis of cohort studies

Trickey A, Johnson LF, Fung F, Bonifacio R, Iwuji C, Biraro S, Bosomprah S, Chirimuta L, Euvrard J, Fatti G, Fox MP, Von Groote P, Gumulira J, Howard G, Jennings L, Kiragga A, Muula G, Tanser F, Wagener T, Low A, Vickerman P, BMC Infect Dis (2024), doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08902-9:


Convergence of HIV and non-communicable disease epidemics: geospatial mapping of the unmet health needs in an HIV hyperendemic community in South Africa

Cuadros DF, Devi C, Singh U, Olivier S, Castle AC, Moosa Y, Edwards JA, Kim HY, Siedner MJ, Wong EB, Tanser F, BMJ Glob Health (2024), 9(1):e012730. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012730:


Effect of a male-targeted digital decision support application aimed at increasing linkage to HIV care among men: Findings from the HITS cluster randomized clinical trial in rural South Africa

Kim HY, Inghels M, Mathenjwa T, Shahmanesh M, Seeley J, Matthews P, Wyke S, McGrath N, Adeagbo O, Gareta D, Yapa HM, Zuma T, Dobra A, Blandford A, Bärnighausen T, Tanser F, medRxiv [Preprint] (2024), 2024.03.15.24304373. doi: 10.1101/2024.03.15.24304373:


The impact of a conditional financial incentive on linkage to HIV care: Findings from the HITS cluster randomized clinical trial in rural South Africa

Kim HY, Inghels M, Mathenjwa T, Shahmanesh M, Seeley J, Matthews P, McGrath N, Adeagbo O, Gareta D, Yapa HM, Zuma T, Dobra A, Bärnighausen T, Tanser F, medRxiv [Preprint] (2024), 2024.03.15.24304278. doi: 10.1101/2024.03.15.24304278:


HIV transmission dynamics and population-wide drug resistance in rural South Africa

Kemp SA, Kamelian K, Cuadros DF; PANGEA Consortium; Vukuzazi Team; Cheng MTK, Okango E, Hanekom W, Ndung'u T, Pillay D, Bonsall D, Wong EB, Tanser F, Siedner MJ, Gupta RK, Nat Commun. (2024), 15(1):3644. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47254-z:


Population impacts of conditional financial incentives and a male-targeted digital decision support application on the HIV treatment cascade in rural KwaZulu Natal: findings from the HITS cluster randomized clinical trial

Inghels M, Kim HY, Mathenjwa T, Shahmanesh M, Seeley J, Wyke S, Matthews P, Adeagbo O, Gareta D, McGrath N, Yapa HM, Blandford A, Zuma T, Dobra A, Bärnighausen T, Tanser F, J Int AIDS Soc. (2024), 27(5):e26248. doi: 10.1002/jia2.26248:


Geospatial and temporal mapping of detectable HIV-1 viral loads amid dolutegravir rollout in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. PLOS Glob Public Health

Gounder L, Tomita A, Lessells R, Moodley S, Francois KL, Khan A, Pillay M, Manyana SC, Govender S, Govender K, Moodley P, Parboosing R, Msomi N, Tanser F, Naidoo K, Chimukangara B, PLOS Glob Public Health (2024), 4(5):e0003224. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003224:


HIV escape and resistance in the central nervous system in treatment experienced South Africans

Collier D, Derache A, Karim F, Smit T, Adamson J, Khan K, Naidoo T, Perumal N, Brijkumar J, Giandhari J, De Oliveira T, Sigal A, Kemp S, Gupta RK, medRxiv [Preprint] (2024), :


Disentangling seasonal introduction and establishment risk of dengue in Africa

Poongavanan J, Lourenço J, Tsui JHL, Colizza V, Ramphal Y, Baxter C, Kraemer MOG, Dunaiski M, de Oliveira T, Tegally H, medRxiv [Preprint] (2024), https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.07.24306997:


A new lineage nomenclature to aid genomic surveillance of dengue virus

Hill V, Cleemput S, Fonseca V, Tegally H, Brito AF, Gifford R, Tran VT, Kien DTH, Huynh T, Yacoub S, Dieng I, Ndiaye M, Balde D, Diagne MM, Faye O, Salvato R, Wallau GL, Gregianini TS, Godinho FMS, Vogels CBF, Breban MI, Leguia M, Jagtap S, Roy R, Hapuarachchi C, Mwanyika G, Giovanetti M, Alcantara LCJ, Faria NR, Carrington CVF, Hanley KA, Holmes EC, Dumon W, de Oliveira T, Grubaugh ND, medRxiv [Preprint] (2024), 2024.05.16.24307504. doi: 10.1101/2024.05.16.24307504:


Clearance of persistent SARS-CoV-2 associates with increased neutralizing antibodies in advanced HIV disease post-ART initiation

Karim F, Riou C, Bernstein M, Jule Z, Lustig G, van Graan S, Keeton RS, Upton JL, Ganga Y, Khan K, Reedoy K, Mazibuko M, Govender K, Thambu K, Ngcobo N, Venter E, Makhado Z, Hanekom W, von Gottberg A, Hoque M, Karim QA, Abdool Karim SS, Manickchund N, Magula N, Gosnell BI, Lessells RJ, Moore PL, Burgers WA, de Oliveira T, Moosa MS, Sigal A, Nature Communications (2024), 15;15(1):2360:


An updated framework for SARS-CoV-2 variants reflects the unpredictability of viral evolution

Subissi L, Otieno JR, Worp N, Attar Cohen H, Oude Munnink BB, Abu-Raddad LJ, Alm E, Barakat A, Barclay WS, Bhiman JN, Caly L, Chand M, Chen M, Cullinane A, de Oliveira T, Drosten C, Druce J, Effler P, El Masry I, Faye A, Ghedin E, Grant R, Haagmans BL, Happi C, Herring BL, Hodcroft EB, Ikejezie J, Katawera V, Kassamali ZA, Leo YS, Leung GM, Kondor RJ, Marklewitz M, Mendez-Rico J, Melhem NM, Munster V, Nahapetyan K, Naindoo D, Oh DY, Peacock TP, Peiris M, Peng Z, Poon LLM, Rambaut A, Saha S, Shen Y, Siqueira MM, Volz E, Tessema SK, Thiel V, Triki H, van der Werf S, von Eije K, Cunningham J, Koopmans MPG, von Gottberg A, Agrawal A, Van Kerkhove MD, Nature Medicine (2024), doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-02949-0:


Addressing pandemic-wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny

Hunt M, Hinrichs AS, Anderson D, Karim L, Dearlove BL, Knaggs J, Constantinides B, Fowler PW, Rodger G, Street T, Lumley S, Webster H, Sanderson T, Ruis C, de Maio N, Amenga-Etego LN, Amuzu DSY, Avaro M, Awandare GA, Ayivor-Djanie R, Bashton M, Batty EM, Bediako Y, Belder D, Benedetti E, Bergthaler A, Boers SA, Campos J, Ampomah Carr RA, Cuba F, Dattero ME, Dejnirattisai W, Dilthey A, Duedu KO, Endler L, Engelmann I, Francisco NM, Fuchs J, Gnimpieba EZ, Groc S, Gyamfi J, Heemskerk D, Houwaart T, Hsiao NY, Huska M, Hölzer M, Iranzadeh A, Jarva H, Jeewandara C, Jolly B, Joseph R, Kant R, Ki KKK, Kurkela S, Lappalainen M, Lataretu M, Liu C, Malavige GN, Mashe T, Mongkolsapaya J, Montes B, Molina Mora JA, Morang'a CM, Mvula B, Nagarajan N, Nelson A, Ngoi JM, da Paixão JP, Panning M, Poklepovich T, Quashie PK, Ranasinghe D, Russo M, San JE, Sanderson ND, Scaria V, Screaton G, Sironen T, Sisay A, Smith D, Smura T, Supasa P, Suphavilai C, Swann J, Tegally H, Tegomoh B, Vapalahti O, Walker A, Wilkinson RJ, Williamson C; IMSSC2 Laboratory Network Consortium; de Oliveira T, Peto TE, Crook D, Corbett-Detig R, Iqbal Z., bioRxiv [Preprint] (2024), 2024.04.29.591666. doi: 10.1101/2024.04.29.59166:


Save lives in the next pandemic: ensure vaccine equity now

Carlson C, Becker D, Happi C, O'Donoghue Z, de Oliveira T, Oyola SO, Poisot T, Seifert S, Phelan A, Nature (2024), 626(8001):952-953. doi: 10.1038/d41586-024-00545-3:


SARS-CoV-2 infection in immunosuppression evolves sub-lineages which independently accumulate neutralization escape mutations

Lustig G, Ganga Y, Rodel HE, Tegally H, Khairallah A, Jackson L, Cele S, Khan K, Jule Z, Reedoy K, Karim F, Bernstein M, Ndung'u T, Moosa MS, Archary D, de Oliveira T, Lessells R, Neher RA, Abdool Karim SS, Sigal A, Virus Evolution (2024), 10(1):vead075. doi: 10.1093/ve/vead075:


Investing in Africa's scientific future

de Oliveira T, Baxter C, Science (2024), ;383(6678):eadn4168. doi: 10.1126/science.adn4168:


Climate Change and Epidemics 2023 Synthesis Report

de Oliveira T, Baxter C, for the CLIMADE consortium , (2023), CLIMADE, Stellenbosch, South Africa. pp1-23, doi 10.25413/sun.24599043:


NEJM Case 40-2023: A 70-Year-Old Woman with Cough and Shortness of Breath

Gandhi RT, Castle AC, de Oliveira T, Lessells RJ, New England Journal of Medicine (2023), 389(26):2468-2476. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc2300910:


Evolution and neutralization escape of the SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 subvariant

Khan K, Lustig G, Römer C, Reedoy K, Jule Z, Karim F, Ganga Y, Bernstein M, Baig Z, Jackson L, Mahlangu B, Mnguni A, Nzimande A, Stock N, Kekana D, Ntozini B, van Deventer C, Marshall T, Manickchund N, Gosnell BI, Lessells RJ, Karim QA, Abdool Karim SS, Moosa MS, de Oliveira T, von Gottberg A, Wolter N, Neher RA, Sigal A., Nature Communications (2023), 14(1):8078. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43703-3:


Rapid dynamic changes of FL.2 variant: A case report of COVID-19 breakthrough infection.

Choga WT, Kurusa Gasenna GK, San JE, Ookame T, Gobe I, Chand M, Phafane B, Seru K, Matshosi P, Zuze B, Ndlovu N, Matsuru T, Maruapula D, Bareng OT, Macheke K, Kuate-Lere L, Tlale L, Lesetedi O, Tau M, Mbulawa MB, Smith-Lawrence P, Matshaba M, Shapiro R, Makhema J, Martin DP, de Oliveira T, Lessells RJ, Lockman S, Gaseitsiwe S, Moyo S, Int J Infect Dis. (2023), 138:91-96. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.11.011:


An emerging clade of Chikungunya West African genotype discovered in real-time during 2023 outbreak in Senegal

Padane A, Tegally H, Ramphal Y, Ndiaye S, Sarr M, Diop M, Diedhiou CK, Mboup A, Diouf N, Souare A, Diagne ND, Aza-Gnandji M, Dabo NA, Dia YA, Diaw NA, Leye N, Diaw PA, Ambroise A, Cisse B, Diallo AS, Diop O, Diallo AA, Ndoye S, Sanko TJ, Baxter C, Wilkinson E, James SE, Tshiabuila D, Naidoo Y, Pillay S, Lessells R, Cisse K, Leye A, Mbaye A, Kania D, Traore I, Kagone ST, Tinto B, Ouedraogo A, Lourenco J, Giovanetti M, Giandhari J, de Oliveira T, Mboup S, medrxiv (2023), MEDRXIV-2023-298527v1:


Genomic epidemiology unveils the dynamics and spatial corridor behind the Yellow Fever virus outbreak in Southern Brazil

Giovanetti M, Pinotti F, Zanluca C, Fonseca V, Nakase T, Koishi AC, Tscha M, Soares G, Dorl GG, Marques AEML, Sousa R, Adelino TER, Xavier J, de Oliveira C, Patroca S, Guimaraes NR, Fritsch H, Mares-Guia MA, Levy F, Passos PH, da Silva VL, Pereira LA, Mendonça AF, de Macêdo IL, Ribeiro de Sousa DE, Rodrigues de Toledo Costa G, Botelho de Castro M, de Souza Andrade M, de Abreu FVS, Campos FS, Iani FCM, Pereira MA, Cavalcante KRLJ, de Freitas ARR, Campelo de Albuquerque CF, Macário EM, Dos Anjos MPD, Ramos RC, Campos AAS, Pinter A, Chame M, Abdalla L, Riediger IN, Ribeiro SP, Bento AI, de Oliveira T, Freitas C, Oliveira de Moura NF, Fabri A, Dos Santos Rodrigues CD, Dos Santos CC, Barreto de Almeida MA, Dos Santos E, Cardoso J, Augusto DA, Krempser E, Mucci LF, Gatti RR, Cardoso SF, Fuck JAB, Lopes MGD, Belmonte IL, Mayoral Pedroso da Silva G, Soares MRF, de Castilhos MMS, de Souza E Silva JC, Bisetto Junior A, Pouzato EG, Tanabe LS, Arita DA, Matsuo R, Dos Santos Raymundo J, Silva PCL, Santana Araújo Ferreira Silva A, Samila S, Carvalho G, Stabeli R, Navegantes W, Moreira LA, Ferreira AGA, Pinheiro GG, Nunes BTD, de Almeida Medeiros DB, Cruz ACR, Venâncio da Cunha R, Van Voorhis W, Bispo de Filippis AM, Almiron M, Holmes EC, Ramos DG, Romano A, Lourenço J, Alcantara LCJ, Duarte Dos Santos CN, Science Advances (2023), 9(35):eadg9204. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adg9204:


Will climate change amplify epidemics and give rise to pandemics?

de Oliveira T, Tegally H, Science (2023), 381,6660, DOI: 10.1126/science.adk4500:


Genomic epidemiology of the cholera outbreak in Malawi 2022-2023

Chabuka L, Choga WT, Mavian CN, Moir M, Tegally H, Wilkinson E, Naidoo Y, Inward R, Morgenstern C, Bhatt S, Wint WGR, Khan K, Bogoch II, Kraemer MUG, Baxter C, Tagliamonte M, Salemi M, Lessells RJ, Mitambo C, Chitatanga R, Bango JB, Chiwaula M, Chavula Y, Bukhu M, Manda H, Chitenje M, Malolo I, Mwanyongo A, Mvula B, Nyenje M, de Oliveira T, Kagoli M, medRxiv (2023), https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.22.23294324:


Dispersal patterns and influence of air travel during the global expansion of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Tegally H, Wilkinson E, Tsui JL, Moir M, Martin D, Brito AF, Giovanetti M, Khan K, Huber C, Bogoch II, San JE, Poongavanan J, Xavier JS, Candido DDS, Romero F, Baxter C, Pybus OG, Lessells RJ, Faria NR, Kraemer MUG, de Oliveira T, Cell (2023), S0092-8674(23)00641-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.06.001:


Genomic assessment of invasion dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1

Tsui JL, McCrone JT, Lambert B, Bajaj S, Inward RPD, Bosetti P, Pena RE, Tegally H, Hill V, Zarebski AE, Peacock TP, Liu L, Wu N, Davis M, Bogoch II, Khan K, Kall M, Abdul Aziz NIB, Colquhoun R, O'Toole Á, Jackson B, Dasgupta A, Wilkinson E, de Oliveira T, COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium¶, Connor TR, Loman NJ, Colizza V, Fraser C, Volz E, Ji X, Gutierrez B, Chand M, Dellicour S, Cauchemez S, Raghwani J, Suchard MA, Lemey P, Rambaut A, Pybus OG, Kraemer MUG, Science (2023), 381(6655):336-343. doi: 10.1126/science.adg6605.:


SARS-CoV-2 spike protein diversity at an intra-host level, among SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals in South Africa, 2020 to 2022

Subramoney K, Mtileni N, Davis A, Giandhari J, Tegally H, Wilkinson E, Naidoo Y, Ramphal Y, Pillay S, Ramphal U, Simane A, Reddy B, Mashishi B, Mbenenge N, de Oliveira T, Fielding BC, Treurnicht FK, PLoS One (2023), 18(5):e0286373. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286373:


High prevalence of self-reported sexually transmitted diseases among older adults in Tanzania: results from the list experiment

Kim HY, Rohr J, Leyna GH, Killewo J, Tomita A, Tanser F, Bärnighausen T, Ann Epidemiol. (2023), S1047-2797(23)00086-8. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.05.001:


International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Southern Africa. Abacavir safety and effectiveness in young infants with HIV in South African observational cohorts

de Waal R, Rabie H, Technau KG, Eley B, Sipambo N, Cotton M, Boulle A, Wood R, Tanser F, Fatti G, Egger M, Davies MA, Antivir Ther. (2023), 28(2):13596535231168480. doi: 10.1177/13596535231168480:


Convergence of HIV and non-communicable disease epidemics: Geospatial mapping of the unmet health needs in a HIV Hyperendemic South African community.

Cuadros DF, Devi C, Singh U, Olivier S, Castle A, Moosa Y, Edwards JA, Kim HY, Siedner MJ, Wong EB, Tanser F, medRxiv (2023), 2023.03.27.23287807. doi: 10.1101/2023.03.27.23287807:


Spatial variations in STIs among women enrolled in HIV prevention clinical trials in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

Dassaye R, Wand H, Reddy T, Tanser F, Sartorius B, Morris N, Ramjee G, SAHARA J. (2023), (1):2193238. doi: 10.1080/17290376.2023.2193238:


HIV-1 drug resistance in people on dolutegravir-based ART: Collaborative analysis of cohort studies

Loosli T, Hossmann S, Ingle SM, Okhai H, Kusejko K, Mouton J, Bellecave P, van Sighem A, Stecher M, Monforte AD, Gill MJ, Sabin CA, Maartens G, Günthard HF, Sterne JAC, Lessells R, Egger M, Kouyos R, medRxiv (2023), 5:2023.04.05.23288183. doi: 10.1101/2023.04.05.23288183:


Genomic epidemiology sheds light on the recent spatio-temporal dynamics of Yellow Fever virus and the spatial corridor that fueled its ongoing emergence in southern Brazil

Giovanetti M, Pinotti F, Zanluca C, Fonseca V, Nakase T, Koishi A, Tscha M, Soares G, Dorl G, Marques AE, Sousa RS, Adelino TER, Xavier J, Oliveira C, Patroca S, Guimaraes NR, Fritsch H, Mares-Guia MA, Levy F, Passos PH, da Silva VL, Pereira LA, Mendonca AF, de Macedo IL, de Souze DER , Costa GRT, de Castro MB, Iani FCM, Pereira MA, Cavalcante KRLJ, Freitas ARR, de Albuquerque CFC, Macario EM, dos Anjos MPD, Ramos RC, Campos AAS, Pinter A, Chame M, Abdalla L, Riediger IN, Ribeiro SP, Bento AI, de Oliveira T, Freitas C, de Moura NFB, Fabri A, Rodrigues CDS, dos Santos CC, de Almeida MAB, dos Santos E, Cardoso J, Augusto DA, Krempser E, Mucci LF, Gatti RR, Cardoso SF, Fuck JAB, Lopes MGD, Belmonte IL, da Silva GMP, Soares MRF, de Castilhos MMS, Silva JCS, Junior AB, Pouzato EG, Tanabe LS, Arita DA, Matsuo RM, Raymundo JS, Silva PCL, Silva ASAF, Samila S, Pereira GC, Stabeli R, Navegantes W, Moreira LA, Ferreira AGA, Pinheiro GG, Nunes BTD, Medeiros DBA, Cruz ACR, Cunha RV, Voorhis WV, de Filippis AMB, Almiron MA, Holmes EC, Ramos DG, Martins AP, Lourenco JL, Alcantara LCJ, dos Santos CND, medRxiv (2023), 2023.01.13.23284525v1:


Rapid epidemic expansion of chikungunya virus-ECSA lineage in Paraguay

Giovanetti M, Vazquez C, Lima M, Castro E, Rojas A, de la Fuente AG, Aquino C, Cantero C, Fleitas F, Torales J, Barrios J, Ortega MJ, Gamarra ML, Villalba S, Alfonzo T, Xavier J, Adelino T, Fritsch H, Iani FCM, Pereira GC, de Oliveira C, Schuab G, Rodrigues ES, Kashima S, Leite J, Gresh L, Franco L, Tegally H, Van Voorhis WC, Lessels R, de Filippis AMB, Ojeda A, Sequera G, Montoya R, Holmes EC, de Oliveira T, Rico JM, Lourenço J, Fonseca V, Junior Alcantara LC, medRXiV (2023), doi:10.1101/2023.04.16.23288635:


SARS-CoV-2 Africa dashboard for real-time COVID-19 information

Xavier JS, Moir M, Tegally H, Sitharam N, Abdool Karim W, San JE, Linhares J, Wilkinson E, Ascher DB, Baxter C, Pires DEV, de Oliveira T, Nature Microbiology (2023), 8(1):1-4. doi: 10.1038/s41564-022-01276-9:


Advancing detection and response capacities for emerging and re-emerging pathogens in Africa

achega JB, Nsanzimana S, Rawat A, Wilson LA, Rosenthal PJ, Siedner MJ, Varma JK, Kilmarx PH, Mutesa L, Tanner M, Binagwaho A, Forrest J, Mbala-Kingebeni P, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Ntoumi F, Zumla A, de Oliveira T, Mills EJ, Lancet Infect Dis. (2023), :S1473-3099(22)00723-X. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00723-X:


New nomenclature for mpox (monkeypox) and monkeypox virus clades

Ulaeto D, Agafonov A, Burchfield J, Carter L, Happi C, Jakob R, Krpelanova E, Kuppalli K, Lefkowitz EJ, Mauldin MR, de Oliveira T, Onoja B, Otieno J, Rambaut A, Subissi L, Yinka-Ogunleye A, Lewis RF, Lancet Infect Dis. (2023), 23(3):273-275. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00055-5:


Consequences of rpoB mutations missed by the GenoType MTBDRplus assay in a programmatic setting in South Africa

Mvelase NR, Cele LP, Singh R, Naidoo Y, Giandhari J, Wilkinson E, de Oliveira T, Swe-Han KS, Mlisana KP, Afr J Lab Med. (2023), 12(1):1975. doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v12i1.1975:


Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 during the first four waves in Mozambique

Ismael N, van Wyk S, Tegally H, Giandhari J, San JE, Moir M, Pillay S, Utpatel C, Singh L, Naidoo Y, Ramphal U, Mabunda N, Abílio N, Arnaldo P, Xavier J, Amoako DG, Everatt J, Ramphal Y, Maharaj A, de Araujo L, Anyaneji UJ, Tshiabuila D, Viegas S, Lessells R, Engelbrecht S, Gudo E, Jani I, Niemann S, Wilkinson E, de Oliveira T, PLOS Glob Public Health (2023), 6;3(3):e0001593. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001593:


Molecular Epidemiology and Diversity of SARS-CoV-2 in Ethiopia 2020-2022

Sisay A, Tshiabuila D, van Wyk S, Tesfaye A, Mboowa G, Oyola SO, Tesema SK, Baxter C, Martin D, Lessells R, Tegally H, Moir M, Giandhari J, Pillay S, Singh L, Ramphal Y, Maharaj A, Pillay Y, Maharaj A, Naidoo Y, Ramphal U, Chabuka L, Wilkinson E, de Oliveira T, Desta AF, San JE, Genes (2023), 13;14(3):705. doi: 10.3390/genes14030705:


Global disparities in SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance.

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Giandhari J, Pillay S, Wilkinson E, Tegally H, Sinayskiy I, Schuld M, Lourenço J, Chimukangara B, Lessells R, Moosa Y, Gazy I, Fish M, Singh L, Khanyile KS, Fonseca V, Giovanetti M, Alcantara LCJ, Petruccione F, de Oliveira T, IJID (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.11.128:


Protocol: Leveraging a demographic and health surveillance system for Covid-19 Surveillance in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Siedner MJ, Harling G, Derache A, Smit T, Khoza T, Gunda R, Mngomezulu T, Gareta D, Majozi N, Ehlers E, Dreyer J, Nxumalo S, Dayi N, Ording-Jesperson G, Ngwenya N, Wong E, Iwuji C, Shahmanesh M, Seeley J, de Oliveira T, Ndung'u T, Hanekom W, Herbst K, Wellcome Open Research (2020), 5:109:


The ongoing COVID-19 epidemic in Minas Gerais, Brazil: insights from epidemiological data and SARS-CoV-2 whole genome sequencing

Xavier J, Giovanetti M, Adelino T, Fonseca V, da Costa AVB, Ribeiro AA, Felicio KN, Duarte CG, Silva MVF, Salgado A, Lima MT, de Jesus D, Fabri A, Zoboli CFS, Santos TGS, Iani F,de Filippis AMB, de Siqueira AMNT, de Abreu AL, de Azevedo V, Ramalho DBR, de Albuquerque CFC, de Oliveira T, Holmes EC, Lourenco J, Alcantara CLJ, Oliveira MAA, Emerging Microbes & Infections (2020), vol 9:


Pervasive and non-random recombination in near full-length HIV genomes from Uganda

Grant HE, Hodcroft EB, Ssemwanga D, Kitayimbwa JM, Yebra G, Gomez LRE, Frampton D, Gall A, Kellam P, de Oliveira T, Bbosa N, Nsubuga RN, Kibengo F, Kwan TH, Lycett S, Kao R, Robertson DL, Ratmann O, Fraser C, Pillay D, Kaleebu P, Leigh-Brown AJ, Virus Evolution (2020), veaa004, https://doi.org/10.1093/ve/veaa004:


Sampling bias and incorrect rooting make phylogenetic network tracing of SARS-COV-2 infections unreliable

Mavian C, Pond SK, Marini S, Magalis BR, Vandamme A-M, Dellicour S, Scarpino SV, Houldcroft C, Villabona-Arenas J, Paisie TK, Trovão NS, Boucher C, Zhang Y, Scheuermann RH, Gascuel O, Lam TTY, Suchard MA, Abecasis A, Wilkinson E, de Oliveira T, Bento AI, Schmidt HA, Martin D, Hadfield J, Faria N, Grubaugh ND, Neher RA, Baele G, Lemey P, Stadler T, Albert J, Crandall KA, Leitner T, Stamatakis A, Prosperi M, Salemi M, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) (2020), doi:10.1073/pnas.2007295117:


Priorities among HIV-positive individuals for tuberculosis preventive therapies

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Naturally Occurring Oxazole-Containing Peptides

Mhlongo JT, Brasil E, de la Torre BG, Albericio F, Mar Drugs (2020), 18(4). pii: E203. doi: 10.3390/md18040203:


New Genomes from The Congo Basin Expand History of CRF01_AE Origin and Dissemination

Junqueira DM, Wilkinson E, Vallari AS, Deng XD, Achari A, Yu G, McArthur C, Kaptué L, Mbanya DN, Chiu C, Cloherty G, de Oliveira T, Rodgers MA, AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2020), doi: 10.1089/AID.2020.0031:


Symptom and digital chest X-ray TB screening in South African prisons: yield and cost-effectiveness

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Breaking a Couple: Disulfide Reducing Agents

Mthembu SN, Sharma A, Albericio F, de la Torre BG, Chembiochem. (2020), doi: 10.1002/cbic.202000092:


Protocol for synthesis of di- and tri-substituted s-triazine derivatives

El-Faham A, Sharma A, Farooq M, Almarhoon Z, Alhameed RA, Wadaan MAM, de la Torre BG, Albericio F, MethodsX (2020), 7:100825. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2020.100825:


Assessing a diagnosis tool for bacterial vaginosis

Singh R, Ramsuran V, Mitchev N, Niehaus AJ, Han KSS, Osman F, Ngcapu S, Karim SA, Rompalo A, Garrett N, Mlisana K, Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. (2020), doi: 10.1007/s10096-020-03862-3.:


Impact of community piped water coverage on re-infection with urogenital schistosomiasis in rural South Africa

Mogeni P, Vandormael A, Cuadros D, Appleton C, Tanser F, Elife (2020), 9. pii: e54012. doi: 10.7554/eLife.54012:


Nine newly identified individuals refine the phenotype associated with MYT1L mutations

Windheuser IC, Becker J, Cremer K, Hundertmark H, Yates LM, Mangold E, Peters S, Degenhardt F, Ludwig KU, Zink AM, Lessel D, Bierhals T, Herget T, Johannsen J, Denecke J, Wohlleber E, Strom TM, Wieczorek D, Bertoli M, Colombo R, Hempel M, Engels H, Am J Med Genet A. (2020), 182(5):1021-1031. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61515:


The Pharmaceutical Industry in 2019. An Analysis of FDA Drug Approvals from the Perspective of Molecules

de la Torre BG, Albericio F, Molecules (2020), 25(3). pii: E745. doi: 10.3390/molecules25030745:


Maternal variants within the apolipoprotein L1 gene are associated with preeclampsia in a South African cohort of African ancestry

Thakoordeen-Reddy S, Winkler C, Moodley J, David V, Binns-Roemer E, Ramsuran V, Naicker T, Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. (2020), 246:129-133. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.01.034:


Genome-wide Association Study Identifies HLA-DPB1 as a Significant Risk Factor for Severe Aplastic Anemia

Savage SA, Viard M, O'hUigin C, Zhou W, Yeager M, Li SA, Wang T, Ramsuran V, Vince N, Vogt A, Hicks B, Burdett L, Chung C, Dean M, de Andrade KC, Freedman ND, Berndt SI, Rothman N, Lan Q, Cerhan JR, Slager SL, Zhang Y, Teras LR, Haagenson M, Chanock SJ, Spellman SR, Wang Y, Willis A, Askar M, Lee SJ, Carrington M, Gadalla SM, Am J Hum Genet. (2020), 106(2):264-271. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.01.004:


Genomic and Epidemiological Surveillance of Zika Virus in the Amazon Region

Giovanetti M, Faria NR, Lourenco J, Goes de Jesus J, Xavier J, Claro IM, Kraemer MUG, Fonseca V, Dellicour S, Theze J, da Silva Salles F, Graef T, Silveira PP, Costa de Souza V, Alves do Nascimento V, Campos de Melo Iani F, Castilho-Martins EA, Cruz LN, Wallau G, Fabri A, Levy F, Quick J, de Azevedo V, Santana Aguiar R, de Oliveira T, Botto de Menezes C, da Costa Castilho M, Matos Terra T, Souza da Silva M, Bispo de Filippis M, Luiz de Abreu A, Kleber Oliveira W, Croda J, Campelo de Albuquerque CF, Nunes MRT, Cerdeira Sabino E, Loman N, Gomes Naveca F, Pybus O, Alcantara LC., Cell Reports (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2020.01.085:


Genome Detective Coronavirus Typing Tool for rapid identification and characterization of novel coronavirus genomes

Cleemput S, Dumon W, Fonseca V, Abdool Karim W, Giovanetti M, Alcantara LCJ, Deforche K, de Oliveira T, Bioinformatics (2020), btaa145, https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa145:


Genome-wide Association Study Identifies HLA-DPB1 as a Significant Risk Factor for Severe Aplastic Anemia

Savage SA, Viard M, O'hUigin C, Zhou W, Yeager M, Li SA, Wang T, Ramsuran V, Vince N, Vogt A, Hicks B, Burdett L, Chung C, Dean M, de Andrade KC, Freedman ND, Berndt SI, Rothman N, Lan Q, Cerhan JR, Slager SL, Zhang Y, Teras LR, Haagenson M, Chanock SJ, Spellman SR, Wang Y, Willis A, Askar M, Lee SJ, Carrington M, Gadalla SM, Am J Hum Genet. (2020), pii: S0002-9297(20)30004-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.01.004:


Current Affairs of Microbial Genome-Wide Association Studies: Approaches, Bottlenecks and Analytical Pitfalls

San EJ, Baichoo S, Kanzi A, Moosa Y, Lessells R, Fonseca V, Mogaka J, Power R, de Oliveira T, Front. Microbiol. (2020), https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.03119:


Quantifying HIV transmission flow between high-prevalence hotspots and surrounding communities: a population-based study in Rakai, Uganda

Ratmann O, Kagaayi J, Hall M, Golubchick T, Kigozi G, Xi X, Wymant C, Nakigozi G, Abeler-Dörner L, Bonsall D, Gall A, Hoppe A, Kellam P, Bazaale J, Kalibbala S, Laeyendecker O, Lessler J, Nalugoda F, Chang LW, de Oliveira T, Pillay D, Quinn TC, Reynolds SJ, Spencer SEF, Ssekubugu R, Serwadda D, Wawer MJ, Gray RH, Fraser C, Grabowski MK, on behalf of the Rakai Health Sciences Program and the Pangea HIV Consortium, Lancet HIV (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/ S2352-3018(19)30378-9:


The state of the HIV epidemic in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a novel application of disease metrics to assess trajectories and highlight areas for intervention

Vandormael A, Cuadros D, Kim HY, Bärnighausen T, Tanser F, Int J Epidemiol. (2020), pii: dyz269. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz269:


HIV seroconcordance among heterosexual couples in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a population-based analysis

Kim HY, Harling G, Vandormael A, Tomita A, Cuadros DF, Bärnighausen T, Tanser F, J Int AIDS Soc. (2020), 23(1):e25432. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25432:


Persistence of chikungunya ECSA genotype and local outbreak in an upper medium class neighborhood in Northeast Brazil

Goes de Jesus J, da Luz Wallau G, Lima Maia M, Xavier J, Oliveira Lima MA, Fonseca V, Salgado de Abreu A, Fraga de Oliveira Tosta S, Ramos do Amaral H, Andrade Barbosa Lima I, Viana Silva P, Carlos Dos Santos D, Sousa de Oliveira A, Campos de Souza S, Barreto Falcão M, Cerqueira E, Ceschini Machado L, Sobral MC, Teodoro Rezende TM, Ribeiro Pereira M, Mota Pereira F, Pereira Gusmão Maia Z, Freitas de Oliveira França R, Luiz de Abreu A, Campelo de Albuquerque E Melo CF, Rodrigues Faria N, Venâncio da Cunha R, Giovanetti M, Alcantara LCJ, PLoS ONE (2020), 15(1):e0226098. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226098:


Return of the founder Chikungunya virus to its place of introduction into Brazil is revealed by genomic characterization of exanthematic disease cases.

Pereira Gusmão Maia Z, Mota Pereira F, do Carmo Said RF, Fonseca V, Gräf T, de Bruycker Nogueira F, Brandão Nardy V, Xavier J, Lima Maia M, Abreu AL, Campelo de Albuquerque CF, Kleber Oliveira W, Croda J, de Filippis AMB, Venancio Cunha R, Lourenço J, de Oliveira T, Faria NR, Junior Alcantara LC, Giovanetti M, Emerg Microbes Infect. (2020), 9(1):53-57. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2019.1701954:


Analysis of the microarray gene expression for breast cancer progression after the application modified logistic regression

Morais-Rodrigues F, Silv Erio-Machado R, Kato RB, Rodrigues DLN, Valdez-Baez J, Fonseca V, San EJ, Gomes LGR, Dos Santos RG, Vinicius Canário Viana M, da Cruz Ferraz Dutra J, Teixeira Dornelles Parise M, Parise D, Campos FF, de Souza SJ, Ortega JM, Barh D, Ghosh P, Azevedo VAC, Dos Santos MA, Gene (2020), 144168. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2019.144168.:


Depression, anxiety and stress symptoms in patients presenting with dyspepsia at a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal province

Tshabalala SJ, Tomita A, Ramlall S , South African Journal of Psychiatry (2019), 2019;25(0), a1382. https://doi.org/10.4102/ sajpsychiatry.v25i0.1382:25(0), a1382. https://doi.org/10.4102/ sajpsychiatry.v25i0.1382


Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of a New Series of Thiazolidine-2,4-diones Carboxamide and Amino Acid Derivatives

Abd Alhameed R, Almarhoon Z, Bukhari SI, El-Faham A, de la Torre BG, Albericio F, Molecules (2019), 25(1). pii: E105. doi: 10.3390/molecules25010105:


Emtricitabine-induced pure red cell aplasia

Manickchund N, du Plessis C, John MA, Manzini TC, Gosnell BI, Lessells RJ, Moosa YS, South Afr J HIV Med (2019), 20(1):983. doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v20i1.983:


The pharmacokinetic properties of HIV-1 protease inhibitors: A computational perspective on herbal phytochemicals.

Kehinde I, Ramharack P, Nlooto M, Gordon M, Heliyon (2019), 5(10):e02565. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02565:


Declines in HIV incidence among men and women in a South African population-based cohort

Vandormael A, Akullian A, Siedner M, de Oliveira T, Bärnighausen T, Tanser F, Nature Communications (2019), 10(1):5482. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13473-y:


Undetectable proviral deoxyribonucleic acid in an adolescent perinatally infected with human immunodeficiency virus-1C and on long-term antiretroviral therapy resulted in viral rebound following antiretroviral therapy termination: A case report with implications for clinical care

Koofhethile CK, Moyo S, Kotokwe KP, Mokgethi P, Muchoba L, Mokgweetsi S, Gaolathe T, Makhema J, Shapiro R, Lockman S, Kanki P, Essex M, Gaseitsiwe S, de Oliveira T, Novitsky V, Medicine (Baltimore) (2019), 98(47):e18014. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000018014:


Trends in HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Incidence in a Hyperendemic Area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Kharsany ABM, Cawood C, Lewis L, Yende-Zuma N, Khanyile D, Puren A, Madurai S, Baxter C, George G, Govender K, Beckett S, Samsunder N, Toledo C, Ayalew KA, Diallo K, Glenshaw M, Herman-Roloff A, Wilkinson E, de Oliveira T, Abdool Karim SS, Abdool Karim Q, JAMA Network Open (2019), 2(11):e1914378. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.14378:


Yellow fever virus re-emergence and spread in Southeast Brazil, 2016-2019

Giovanetti M, Lima de Mendonça MC, Fonseca V, Mares-Guia MA, Fabri A, Xavier J, Goes de Jesus J, Gräf T, Damasceno Dos Santos Rodrigues C, Cardoso Dos Santos C, Alves Sampaio S, Lowen Levy Chalhoub F, Bruycker Nogueira F, Theze J, Pecego Martins Romano A, Garkauskas Ramos D, Luiz de Abreu A, Kleber Oliveira W, do Carmo Said RF, Campelo de Alburque CF, de Oliveira T, Fernandes CA, Ferreira Aguiar S, Chieppe A, Carvalho Sequeira P, Rodrigues Faria N, Venâncio Cunha R, Alcantara LCJ, Bispo de Filippis AM., Journal of Virology (2019), JVI.01623-19. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01623-19:


Mosquito-Borne Viral Diseases: Control and Prevention in the Genomics Era

Fonseca V, Xavier J, San EJ, de Oliveira T, de Filippis AMB, Alcantara LCJ, Giovanetti M, Current Topics in the Epidemiology of Vector-Borne (2019), DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.88769:


Investigating Triorthogonal Chemoselectivity. Effect of Azide Substitution on the Triazine Core.

Sharma A, Sheyi R, Kumar A, El-Faham A, de la Torre BG, Albericio F., Org Lett. (2019), doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02878:


The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Perinatal Substance Use Behaviour in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.

Bhengu BS, Tomita A, Mashaphu S, Paruk S, AIDS Behav. (2019), doi: 10.1007/s10461-019-02661-y:


Space-time clustering of recently diagnosed tuberculosis and impact of ART scale-up: Evidence from an HIV hyper-endemic rural South African population

Tomita A, Smith CM, Lessells RJ, Pym A, Grant AD, de Oliveira T, Tanser F , Scientific Reports (2019), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46455-7:


Whole genome sequencing for drug-resistant tuberculosismanagement in South Africa: What gaps would this address andwhat are the challenges to implementation?

Dlamini MT, Lessells R, Iketleng T, de Oliveira T, Journal of Clinical TB and Other Mycobacterial Dis (2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jctube.2019.100115:


The clinical presentation caused by truncating CHD8 variants.

Douzgou S, Liang HW, Metcalfe K, Somarathi S, Tischkowitz M, Mohamed W, Kini U, McKee S, Yates L, Bertoli M, Lynch SA, Holder S; Deciphering Developmental Disorders Study, Banka S, Clin Genet. (2019), 96(1):72-84. doi: 10.1111/cge.13554:


Phylodynamic analyses of Brazilian antigenic variants of infectious bursal disease virus

de Fraga AP, Graf T, Coltro VP, Ikuta N, Fonseca ASK, Majó N, Lunge VR, Infect Genet Evol. (2019), 73:159-166. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2019.04.020:


Predictors of quality of life among community psychiatric patients in a peri-urban district of Gauteng Province, South Africa.

Mapatwana D, Tomita A, Burns JK, Robertson LJ, Int J Soc Psychiatry (2019), 65(4):322-332. doi: 10.1177/0020764019842291


Bypassing Osmotic Shock Dilemma in a Polystyrene Resin Using the Green Solvent Cyclopentyl methyl Ether (CPME): A Morphological Perspective.

Al Musaimi O, El-Faham A, Almarhoon Z, Basso A, de la Torre BG, Albericio F, Polymers (Basel) (2019), 11(5). pii: E874. doi: 10.3390/polym11050874.:


High rate of occult hepatitis B virus infection in hemodialysis units of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Msomi N, Ndlovu K, Giandhari J, Wilkinson E, Parboosing R, Zungu S, Mlisana K, J Med Virol. (2019), doi: 10.1002/jmv.25510:


Circulation of chikungunya virus East/Central/South African lineage in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Xavier J, Giovanetti M, Fonseca V, Thézé J, Gräf T, Fabri A, Goes de Jesus J, Lima de Mendonça MC, Damasceno Dos Santos Rodrigues C, Mares-Guia MA, Cardoso Dos Santos C, Fraga de Oliveira Tosta S, Candido D, Ribeiro Nogueira RM, Luiz de Abreu A, Kleber Oliveira W, Campelo de Albuquerque CF, Chieppe A, de Oliveira T, Brasil P, Calvet G, Carvalho Sequeira P, Rodrigues Faria N, Bispo de Filippis AM, Alcantara LCJ, PLoS One (2019), 14(6):e0217871:


A computational method for the identification of Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya virus species and genotypes

Fonseca V, Libin PJK, Theys K, Faria NR, Nunes MRT, Restovic MI, Freire M, Giovanetti M, Cuypers L, Nowé A, Abecasis A, Deforche K, Santiago GA, Siqueira IC, San EJ, Machado KCB, Azevedo V, Filippis AMB, Cunha RVD, Pybus OG, Vandamme AM, Alcantara LCJ, de Oliveira T, PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2019), 13(5):e0007231: doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007231


Inferring HIV-1 transmission networks and sources of epidemic spread in Africa with deep-sequence phylogenetic analysis

Ratmann O, Grabowski KM, Hall M, Golubchik T, Wymant C, Abeler-Dorner L, Bonsall D, Hoppe A, Leigh Brown A, de Oliveira T, Gall A, Kellam P, Pillay D, Kagaayi J, Kigozi G, Quinn TC, Wawer MJ, Laeyendecker O, Serwadda D, Gray RH, Fraser C, PANGEA Consortium and Rakai Health Sciences Program , Nature Communications (2019), 10:1411:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09139-4


Trends in Pretreatment HIV-1 Drug Resistance in Antiretroviral Therapy-naive Adults in South Africa, 2000–2016: A Pooled Sequence Analysis

Chimukangara B, Lessells RJ, Rhee S-Y, Giandhari J, Kharsany ABM, Naidoo K, Lewis L, Cawood C, Khanyile D, Ayalew KA, Diallo K, Samuel R, Hunt G, Vandormael A, Stray-Pedersen B, Gordon M, Makadzange T, Kiepiela P, Ramjee G, Ledwaba J, Kalimashe M, Morris L, Parikh UM, Mellors JW, Shafer RW, Katzenstein D, Moodley P, Gupta RK, Pillay D, Karim SSA, de Oliveira T, EClinicalMedicine (Lancet) (2019), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2019.03.006:


Major depression and household food insecurity among individuals with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in South Africa.

Tomita A, Ramlall S, Naidu T, Mthembu SS, Padayatchi N, Burns JK, Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. (2019), doi: 10.1007/s00127-019-01669-y:


Effects of genetic variability on rifampicin and isoniazid pharmacokinetics in South African patients with recurrent tuberculosis

Naidoo A, Chirehwa M, Ramsuran V, McIlleron H, Naidoo K, Yende-Zuma N, Singh R, Ncgapu S, Adamson J, Govender K, Denti P, Padayatchi N, Pharmacogenomics (2019), doi: 10.2217/pgs-2018-0166:


Estimating trends in the incidence rate with interval censored data and time-dependent covariates

Vandormael A, Tanser F, Cuadros D, Dobra A, Stat Methods Med Res (2019), 962280219829892. doi: 10.1177/0962280219829892:


The Pharmaceutical Industry in 2018. An Analysis of FDA Drug Approvals from the Perspective of Molecules.

de la Torre B, Albericio F, Molecules (2019), 24(4): pii: E809. doi: 10.3390/molecules24040809.


Factors influencing HIV-1 phylogenetic clustering

Junqueira DM, Sibisi Z, Wilkinson E, de Oliveira T, Curr Opin HIV AIDS (2019), doi: 10.1097/COH.0000000000000540:


Early Genomic Detection of Cosmopolitan Genotype of Dengue Virus Serotype 2, Angola, 2018

Hill SC, Neto de Vasconcelos J, Granja BG, Thézé J, Jandondo D, Neto Z, Mirandela M, Sebastião CDS, Cândido ALM, Clemente C, Pereira da Silva S, de Oliveira T, Pybus OG, Faria NR, Afonso JM, Emerg Infect Dis. (2019), 25(4):784-787


The effect of interventions on the transmission and spread of HIV in South Africa: a phylodynamic analysis

Wilkinson E, Junqueira DM, Lessells R, Engelbrecht S, van Zyl G, de Oliveira T, Salemi M, Scientific Reports (2019), 9:2640:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37749-3


Spatial structure of depression in South Africa: A longitudinal panel survey of a nationally representative sample of households

Cuadros DF, Tomita A, Vandormael A, Slotow R, Burns JK, Tanser F, Scientific Reports (2019), 9(1):979:doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37791-1


Early detection of emergent extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) by flow cytometry-based phenotyping and whole genome sequencing

O'Donnell MR, Larsen MH, Brown TS, Jain P, Munsamy V, Wolf A, Uccellini L, Karim F, de Oliveira T, Mathema B, Jacobs WR, Pym A, Antimicrob Agents Chemother. (2019), pii: AAC.01834-18.:doi: 10.1128/AAC.01834-18


Experts' Perspectives on Key Ethical Issues Associated With HIV Phylogenetics as Applied in HIV Transmission Dynamics Research

Mutenherwa F, Wassenaar DR, de Oliveira T, J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics (2019), 1556264618809608. doi: 10.1177/1556264618809608:


Moderate to high levels of pre-treatment HIV drug resistance in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Chimukangara B, Kharsany AB, Lessells RJ, Naidoo K, Rhee SY, Manasa J, Gräf T, Lewis L, Cawood C, Khanyile D, Diallo K, Ayalew KA, Shafer R, Hunt G, Pillay D, Abdool SK, de Oliveira T, AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses (2019), https://doi.org/10.1089/AID.2018.0202:


Genome Detective: An Automated System for Virus Identification from High-throughput sequencing data.

Vilsker M, Moosa Y, Nooij S, Fonseca V, Ghysens Y, Dumon K, Pauwels R, Alcantara LC, Vanden Eynden E, Vandamme AM, Deforche K, de Oliveira T, Bioinformatics (2019), doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bty695:


Phylodynamic analysis and molecular diversity of the avian infectious bronchitis virus of chickens in Brazil

Fraga AP, Graf T, Pereira CS, Ikuta N, Fonseca ASK, Lunge VR, Infect Genet Evol. (2018), 61:77-83


Spatiotemporal and demographic history of the HIV-1 circulating recombinant form CRF31_BC in Brazil

Fritsch HM, Almeida SEM, Pinto AR, Graf T, Infect Genet Evol. (2018), 61:113-118


2017 FDA Peptide Harvest

Al Musaimi O, Al Shaer D, de la Torre BG, Albericio F, Pharmaceuticals (Basel) (2018), 11(2):doi: 10.3390/ph11020042


Inferring population dynamics of HIV-1 subtype C epidemics in Eastern Africa and Southern Brazil applying different Bayesian phylodynamics approaches

Mir D, Graf T, Esteves de Matos Almeida S, Pinto AR, Delatorre E, Bello G, Scientific Reports (2018), 8(1):877:doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-26824-4


Exploiting the Thiobarbituric Acid Scaffold for Antibacterial Activity

Sharma A, Noki S, Zamisa SJ, Hazzah HA, Almarhoon ZM, El-Faham A, de la Torre BG, Albericio F, ChemMedChem (2018), 13(18):1923-1930


Formation of N?-terminal 2-dialkyl amino oxazoles from guanidinated derivatives under mild conditions

Abdel Monaim SAH, Mhlongo JT, Kumar A, El-Faham A, Albericio F, de la Torre BG, Org Biomol Chem (2018), 16(31):5661-5666


Bacteria Hunt Bacteria through an Intriguing Cyclic Peptide

Abdel Monaim SAH, Somboro AM, El-Faham A, de la Torre BG, Albericio F, ChemMedChem (2018), 14(1):24-51


Identification of patients with recent-onset psychosis in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa: a pilot study with traditional health practitioners and diagnostic instruments

Veling W, Burns JK, Makhathini EM, Mtshemla S, Nene S, Shabalala S, Mbatha N, Tomita A, Baumgartner J, Susser I, Hoek HW, Susser E, Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2018), doi: 10.1007/s00127-018-1623-x:


Exploring the Orthogonal Chemoselectivity of 2,4,6-Trichloro-1,3,5-Triazine (TCT) as a Trifunctional Linker With Different Nucleophiles: Rules of the Game.

Sharma A, El-Faham A, de la Torre BG, Albericio F, Front Chem. (2018), 6:516:doi: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00516


Crystal structure, spectroscopic studies and theoretical studies of thiobarbituric acid derivatives: understanding the hydrogen-bonding patterns.

Sharma A, Zamisa SJ, Noki S, Almarhoon Z, El-Faham A, de la Torre BG, Albericio F., Acta Crystallogr C Struct Chem (2018), 74(Pt 12)::1703-1714


Perfluorophenyl Derivatives as Unsymmetrical Linkers for Solid Phase Conjugation

Alapour S, Sharma A, de la Torre BG, Ramjugernath D, Koorbanally NA, Albericio F, Front Chem (2018), 6:589: doi: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00589


Mycobacterium tuberculosis Next-Generation Whole Genome Sequencing: Opportunities and Challenges

Iketleng T, Lessells R, Dlamini MT, Mogashoa T, Mupfumi L, Moyo S, Gaseitsiwe S, de Oliveira T, Tuberculosis Research and Treatment (2018), https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/1298542:


Combining Phylogenetic and Network Approaches to Identify HIV-1 Transmission Links in San Mateo County, California

Dalai SC, Junqueira DM, Wilkinson E, Mehra R, Kosakovsky Pond SL, Levy V, Israelski D, de Oliveira T, Katzenstein D, Front. Microbiol. (2018), https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02799:


2018 update to the HIV-TRePS system: the development of new computational models to predict HIV treatment outcomes, with or without a genotype, with enhanced usability for low-income settings

Revell AD, Wang D, Perez-Elias MJ, Wood R, Cogill D, Tempelman H, Hamers RL, Reiss P,, van Sighem AI, Rehm CA, Pozniak A, Montaner JSG, Lane HC, Larder BA, RDI Data and Study Group Collaborators: Reiss P, van Sighem A, Montaner J, Harrigan R, Rinke de Wit T, Hamers R, Sigaloff K, Agan B, Marconi V, Wegner S, Sugiura W, Zazzi M, Kaiser R, Schuelter E, Streinu-Cercel A, Alvarez-Uria G, Perez-Elias MJ, de Oliveira T, Gatell J, Lazzari E, Gazzard B, Nelson M, Pozniak A, Mandalia S, Smith C, Ruiz L, Clotet B, Staszewski S, Torti C, Lane C, Metcalf J, Rehm CA, Perez-Elias MJ, Vella S, Dettorre G, Carr A, Norris R, Hesse K, Vlahakis E, Tempelman H, Barth R, Wood R, Morrow C, Cogill D, Hoffmann C, Ene L, Dragovic G, Diaz R, Sucupira C, Sued O, Cesar C, Madero JS, Balavskrishnan P, Saravanan S, Emery S, Cooper D, Torti C, Baxter J, Monno L, Torti C, Gatell J, Clotet B, Picchio G, deBethune MP, Perez-Elias MJ, Emery S, Khabo P, Ledwaba L , J Antimicrob Chemother (2018), 73(8):2186–2196


Community engagement with HIV drug adherence in rural South Africa: a transdisciplinary approach

Treffry-Goatley A, Lessells RJ, Moletsane R, de Oliveira T, Gaede B, BMJ Med Humanit (2018), 44:239–246


HIV drug resistance in sub-Saharan Africa: public health questions and the potential role of real-world data and mathematical modelling

de waal R, Lessells R, Hauser A, Kouyos R, Davies M-A, Egger M, Wandeler G, for ieDeA-Southern Africa, Journal of Virus Eradication (2018), 4(Supplement 2): :55–58


Predicted antiviral activity of tenofovir versus abacavir in combination with a cytosine analogue and the integrase inhibitor dolutegravir in HIV-1-infected South African patients initiating or failing first-line ART

Derache A, Iwuji CC, Danaviah S, Giandhari J, Marcelin AG, Calvez V, de Oliveira T, Dabis F, Pillay D, Gupta RK, J Antimicrob Chemother. (2018), doi: 10.1093/jac/dky428:doi:10.1093/jac/dky428


Intimate partner violence among HIV-serodiscordant couples in Durban, South Africa

Mashaphu S, Wyatt GE, Gomo E, Tomita A, SAMJ (2018), 108(11):960-964


In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Teixobactin Derivatives on Clinically Relevant Bacterial Isolates

Ramchuran EJ, Somboro AM, Abdel Monaim SAH, Amoako DG, Parboosing R, Kumalo HM, Agrawal N, Albericio F, Torre BG, Bester LA, Front Microbiol. (2018), 9:1535


Impact of next generation sequencing defined HIV pre-treatment drug resistance on virological outcomes in the ANRS 12249 treatment as prevention trial.

Derache A, Iwuji CC, Baisley K, Danaviah S, Marcelin AG, Calvez V, de Oliveira T, Dabis F, Porter K, Pillay D, Clin Infect Dis (2018), doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy881:


Pre-eclampsia: the role of highly active antiretroviral therapy and immune markers

Phoswa WN, Naicker T, Ramsuran V, Moodley J, Inflamm Res. (2018), doi: 10.1007/s00011-018-1190-3:


Recurrent tuberculosis among HIV-coinfected patients: a case series from KwaZulu-Natal

Naidoo K, Dookie N, Naidoo K, Yende-Zuma N, Chimukangara B, Bhushan A, Govender D, Gengiah S, Padayatchi N, Infect Drug Resist (2018), 11:1413-1421


Sexual trauma and post-traumatic stress among African female refugees and migrants in South Africa

Mhlongo MD, Tomita A, Thela L, Maharaj V, Burns JK, S Afr J Psychiatr (2018), 24:1208:10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v24.i0.1208


Genomic and epidemiological monitoring of yellow fever virus transmission potential

Faria NR, Kraemer MUG, S C Hill, J Goes de Jesus, R S Aguiar, F C M Iani, J Xavier, J Quick, L du Plessis, S Dellicour, J Thézé, R D O Carvalho, G Baele, C-H Wu, P P Silveira, M B Arruda, M A Pereira, G C Pereira, J Lourenço1, U Obolski, L Abade, T I Vasylyeva, M Giovanetti, D Yi, D J Weiss, G R W Wint, F M Shearer, S Funk, B Nikolay, Fonseca V, T E R Adelino, M A A Oliveira, M V F Silva, L Sacchetto, P O Figueiredo, I M Rezende, E M Mello, R F C Said, D A Santos, M L Ferraz, M G Brito, L F Santana, M T Menezes, R M Brindeiro, A Tanuri, F C P dos Santos, M S Cunha, J S Nogueira, I M Rocco, A C da Costa, S C V Komninakis, V Azevedo, A O Chieppe, E S M Araujo, M C L Mendonça, C C dos Santos, C D dos Santos, A M Mares-Guia, R M R Nogueira, P C Sequeira, R G Abreu, M H O Garcia, A L Abreu, O Okumoto, E G Kroon, C F C de Albuquerque, K Lewandowski, S T Pullan, M Carroll, de Oliveira T, E C Sabino, R P Souza, M A Suchard, P Lemey, G S Trindade, B P Drumond, A M B Filippis, N J Loman, S Cauchemez, Alcantara LCJ, Pybus OG , Science (2018), DOI: 10.1126/science.aat7115:


Dolutegravir for first-line antiretroviral therapy in low-income and middle-income countries: uncertainties and opportunities for implementation and research

Dorward J, Lessells R, Drain PK, Naidoo K, de Oliveira T, Pillay Y, Karim SSA, Garrett N, Lancet HIV (2018), https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30093-6:


Renewing Felsenstein's phylogenetic bootstrap in the era of big data

Lemoine F, Domelevo Entfellner JB, Wilkinson E, Correia D, Davila Felipe M, de Oliveira T, Gascuel O, Nature (2018), :doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0043-0


Spatial clustering of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Hlabisa subdistrict, KwaZulu-Natal, 2011-2015

Smith CM, Lessells R, Grant AD, Herbst K, Tanser F, Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. (2018), 1;22(3):287-293. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.17.0457:


Effect of genetic variation in UGT1A and ABCB1 on moxifloxacin pharmacokinetics in South African patients with tuberculosis

Naidoo A, Ramsuran V, Chirehwa M, Denti P, McIlleron H, Naidoo K, Yende-Zuma N, Singh R, Ngcapu S, Chaudhry M, Pepper MS, Padayatchi N, Pharmacogenomics (2018), 19(1):17-29. doi: 10.2217/pgs-2017-0144:


Case report: mechanisms of HIV elite control in two African women

Moosa Y, Tanko RF, Ramsuran V, Singh R, Madzivhandila M, Yende-Zuma N, Abrahams MR, Selhorst P, Gounder K, Moore PL, Williamson C, Abdool Karim SS, Garrett NJ, Burgers WA, BMC Infect Dis (2018), 18(1):54. doi: 10.1186/s12879-018-2961-8:


Epidemiological patterns of mental disorders and stigma in a community household survey in urban slum and rural settings in Kenya

Mutiso VN, Musyimi CW, Tomita A, Loeffen L, Burns JK, Ndetei DM, Int J Soc Psychiatry (2018), 64(2):120-129. doi: 10.1177/0020764017748180:


Application of Decafluorobiphenyl (DFBP) Moiety as a Linker in Bioconjugation

Alapour S, de la Torre BG, Ramjugernath D, Koorbanally NA, Albericio F, Bioconjug Chem (2018), 29(2):225-233. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00800:


1,3,5-Triazino Peptide Derivatives: Synthesis, Characterization, and Preliminary Antileishmanial Activity

Khattab SN, Khalil HH, Bekhit AA, Abd El-Rahman MM, de la Torre BG, El-Faham A, Albericio F, ChemMedChem. (2018), doi: 10.1002/cmdc.201700770:


Solid-Phase Synthesis of Pyrrole Derivatives through a Multicomponent Reaction Involving Lys-Containing Peptides

Jad YE, Gudimella SK, Govender T, de la Torre BG, Albericio F, ACS Comb Sci. (2018), doi: 10.1021/acscombsci.8b00006:


N-methylation in amino acids and peptides: Scope and limitations

Sharma A, Kumar A, Abdel Monaim SAH, Jad YE, El-Faham A, de la Torre BG, Albericio F, Biopolymers (2018), doi: 10.1002/bip.23110:


Impact of the scale-up of piped water on urogenital schistosomiasis infection in rural South Africa

Tanser F, Azongo DK, Vandormael A, Barnighausen T, Appleton C, eLIFE (2018), 7:e33065:


Unravelling the complicated evolutionary and dissemination history of HIV-1M subtype A lineages

Tongo M, Harkins GW, Dorfman JR, Tovanabutra EBS, de Oliveira T, Martin DP, Virus Evolution (2018), 4(1) doi:vey003/4877091:


Elevated HLA-A expression impairs HIV control through inhibition of NKG2A-expressing cells

Ramsuran V, Vivek Naranbhai, Amir Horowitz, Ying Qi, Maureen P. Martin, Yuko Yuki, Xiaojiang Gao, Victoria Walker-Sperling, Gregory Q. Del Prete, Douglas K. Schneider, Jeffrey D. Lifson, Jacques Fellay, Steven G. Deeks, Jeffrey N. Martin, James J. Goedert, Steven M. Wolinsky, Nelson L. Michael, Gregory D. Kirk, Susan Buchbinder, David Haas, Thumbi Ndung'u, Philip Goulder, Peter Parham, Bruce D. Walker, Jonathan M. Carlson and Mary Carrington, Science (2018), 359:86-90


Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor 3DL1 variation modifies HLA-B*57 protection against HIV-1

Martin MP, Naranbhai V, Shea PR, Qi Y, Ramsuran V, Vince N, Gao X, Thomas R, Brumme ZL, Carlson JM, Wolinsky SM, Goedert JJ, Walker BD, Segal FP, Deeks SG, Haas DW, Migueles SA, Connors M, Michael N, Fellay J, Gostick E, Llewellyn-Lacey S, Price DA, Lafont BA, Pymm P, Saunders PM, Widjaja J, Wong SC, Vivian JP, Rossjohn J, Brooks AG, Carrington M, J Clin Invest. (2018), pii: 98463. doi: 10.1172/JCI98463:


HIV-1 drug resistance before initiation or re-initiation of first-line antiretroviral therapy in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis

Gupta RK, Gregson J, Parkin N, Haile-Selassie H, Tanuri A, Andrade Forero L, Kaleebu P, Watera C, Aghokeng A, Mutenda N, Dzangare J, Hone S, Hang ZZ, Garcia J, Garcia Z, Marchorro P, Beteta E, Giron A, Hamers R, Inzaule S, Frenkel LM, Chung MH, de Oliveira T, Pillay D, Naidoo K, Kharsany A, Kugathasan R, Cutino T, Hunt G, Avila Rios S, Doherty M, Jordan MR, Bertagnolio S., Lancet ID (2018), :http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30702-8


Universal test and treat and the HIV epidemic in rural South Africa: a phase 4, open-label, community cluster randomised trial

Iwuji CC, Orne-Gliemann J, Larmarange J, Balestre E, Thiebaut R, Tanser F, Okesola N, Makowa T, Dreyer J, Herbst K, McGrath N, Barnighausen T, Boyer S, de Oliveira T, Rekacewicz C, Bazin B, Newell ML, Pillay D, Dabis F, for the ANRS 12249 TasP Study Group, Lancet HIV (2018), :http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(17)30205-9


High percentage of undiagnosed HIV cases within a hyperendemic South African community: a population-based study

Vandormael A, de Oliveira T, Tanser F, Barnighausen T, Herbeck JT, J Epidemiol Community Health (2018), :doi: 10.1136/jech-2017-209713


Converting Teixobactin into a Cationic Antimicrobial Peptide (AMP)

Abdel Monaim SAH, Ramchuran EJ, El-Faham A, Albericio F, de la Torre BG, J Med Chem. (2017), 60(17):7476-7482


Investigation of the N-Terminus Amino Function of Arg10-Teixobactin

Monaim SAHA, Noki S, Ramchuran EJ, El-Faham A, Albericio F, Torre BG, Molecules (2017), 22(10):doi: 10.3390/molecules22101632


Tuberculosis mortality and the male survival deficit in rural South Africa: An observational community cohort study

Reniers G, Blom S, Lieber J, Herbst AJ, Calvert C, Bor J, Barnighausen T, Zaba B, Li ZR, Clark SJ, Grant AD, Lessells R, Eaton JW, Hosegood V, PLoS ONE (2017), 12(10):e0185692. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185692:


HIV assessment and testing for hospital in-patients: still a weak link in the cascade

Iwuji CC, Lessells RJ, Public Health Action (2017), 21;7(4):243. doi: 10.5588/pha.17.0111:


Green environment and incident depression in South Africa: a geospatial analysis and mental health implications in a resource-limited setting

Tomita A, Vandormael AM, Cuadros D, Di Minin E, Heikinheimo V, Tanser F, Slotow R, Burns JK, Lancet Planetary Health (2017), 1:152?62


Highlights of the second ISCB Student Council Symposium in Africa, 2017

Rafael CN, Ashano E, Moosa Y, Shome S, DeBlasio D, F1000 Research (2017), 6(ISCB Comm J):2183 (doi: 10.12688/f1000research.13463.1)


Effect of population viral load on prospective HIV incidence in a hyperendemic rural African community

Tanser F, Vandormael A, Cuadros D, Phillips AN, de Oliveira T, Tomita A, Barnighausen T, Pillay D, Science Translational Medicine (2017), 9:eaam8012


Longitudinal trends in the prevalence of detectable HIV viremia: Population-based evidence from rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Vandormael A, Barnighausen T, Herbeck J, Tomita A, Phillips A, Pillay D, de Oliveira T, Tanser F, Clin Infect Dis. (2017), :doi: 10.1093/cid/cix976


Impact of point-of-care Xpert MTB/RIF on tuberculosis treatment initiation: a cluster randomised trial

Lessells RJ, Cooke GS, McGrath N, Nicol MP, Newell ML, Godfrey-Faussett P, Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2017), :doi: 10.1164/rccm.201702-0278OC


Hyperbilirubinemia in atazanavir-treated human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: the impact of the UGT1A1*28 allele

Naidoo A, Naidoo K, Ramsuran V, Reddy M, Padayatchi N, Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine (2017), :doi: 10.2147/PGPM.S146787


Rates of virological suppression and drug resistance in adult HIV-1-positive patients attending primary healthcare facilities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Hunt GM, Dokubo EK, Takuva S, de Oliveira T, Ledwaba J, Dube N, Moodley P, Sabatier J, Deyde V, Morris L, Raizes E, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2017), :https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkx252


Automated profiling of the human virome from raw metagenomic data

Moosa Y, Vilsker M, Vanden Eyden E, Fonseca V, Nooij S, Deforche K, de Oliveira T, Virus Evolution (2017), : doi: 10.1093/ve/vew036.033


Persistent circulation of highly divergent HIV-1M lineages in the Congo Basin Region

Tongo M, Dorfman JR, de Oliveira T, Martin DP, Virus Evolution (2017), :doi: 10.1093/ve/vew036.039


Genetic markers for protease inhibitor drug resistance in regions outside of the protease gene

Giandhari J, Gordon M, van Vuuren C, Moodley P, de Oliveira T, Virus Evolution (2017), :doi: 10.1093/ve/vew036.018


Sexual partnership age pairings and risk of HIV acquisition in rural South Africa

Akulliana A, Bershteyna A, Kleina D, Vandormael A, Barnighausen T, Tanser F, AIDS (2017), :DOI:10.1097/QAD.0000000000001553


Incidence rate estimation, periodic testing and the limitations of the mid-point imputation approach

Vandormael A, Dobra A, Barnighausen T, de Oliveira T, Tanser F, International Journal of Epidemiology (2017), :doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyx134


Mutational Correlates of Virological Failure in Individuals Receiving a WHO-Recommended Tenofovir-Containing First-Line Regimen: An International Collaboration

Rhee SY, Varghese V, Holmes SP, Van Zyl GU, Steegen K, Boyd MA, Cooper DA, Nsanzimana S, Saravanan S, Charpentier C, de Oliveira T, Etiebet MA, Garcia F, Goedhals D, Gomes P, Gunthard HF, Hamers RL, Hoffmann CJ, Hunt G, Jiamsakul A, Kaleebu P, Kanki P, Kantor R, Kerschberger B, Marconi VC, D'amour Ndahimana J, Ndembi N, Ngo-Giang-Huong N, Rokx C, Santoro MM, Schapiro JM, Schmidt D, Seu L, Sigaloff KCE, Sirivichayakul S, Skhosana L, Sunpath H, Tang M, Yang C, Carmona S, Gupta RK, Shafer RW., EBioMedicine (2017), :doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.03.024


High Rates of Transmission of Drug-resistant HIV in Aruba Resulting in Reduced Susceptibility to the WHO Recommended First-line Regimen in Nearly Half of Newly Diagnosed HIV-infected Patients

Hofstra LM, Rivas ES, Nijhuis M, Bank LEA, Wilkinson E, Kelly K, Mudrikova T, Schuurman R, de Oliveira T, de Kort J, Wensing AMJ, Clinical Infectious Diseases (2017), :doi: 10.1093/cid/cix056


Virological Outcomes of Second-line Protease Inhibitor-Based Treatment for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in a High-Prevalence Rural South African Setting: A Competing-Risks Prospective Cohort Analysis

Collier D, Iwuji C, Derache A, de Oliveira T, Okesola N, Calmy A, Dabis F, Pillay D, Gupta RK, for ANRS 12249 TasP Study Group, Clinical Infectious Diseases (2017), :doi: 10.1093/cid/cix015


CD4+ T-cell count may not be a useful strategy to monitor antiretroviral therapy response in HTLV-1/HIV co-infected patients

Vandormael A, Rego F, Danaviah S, Alcantara L, Boulware D, de Oliveira T, Current HIV Research (2017), :doi: 10.2174/1570162X15666170216114917


Social disequilibrium and the risk of HIV acquisition: A multilevel study in rural KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Tomita A, Vandormael AM, Barnighausen T, de Oliveira T, Tanser F, J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. (2017), :10.1097/QAI.0000000000001349


Sequence and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Untranslated Promoter Regions for HLA Class I Genes

Ramsuran V, Hernandez-Sanchez PG, O'hUigin C, Sharma G, Spence N, Augusto DG, Gao X, Garcia-Sepulveda CA, Kaur G, Mehra NK, Carrington M,, J Immunol (2017), pii: 1601679:


Primary HIV-1 Drug Resistant Minority Variants

Chimukangara B, Samuel R, Naidoo K, de Oliveira T, AIDS Reviews (2017), 19(2):[Epub ahead of print]


Pairwise diversity and tMRCA as potential markers for HIV infection recency

Moyo S, Wilkinson E, Vandormael A, Wang R, Weng J, Kotokwe KP, Gaseitsiwe S, Musonda R, Makhema J, Essex M, Engelbrecht S, de Oliveira T, Novitsky V , Medicine (Baltimore) (2017), 96:doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000006041


Sensitive next generation sequencing method reveals deep genetic diversity of HIV-1 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Rodgers MA, Wilkerson E, Vallari A, McArthur C, Sthreshley L, Brennan CA, Cloherty G, de Oliveira T, Journal of Virology (2017), JVI.01841-16:doi: 10.1128/JVI.01841-16


Complex subtype diversity of HIV-1 among drug users in major Kenyan cities

Gounder K, Oyaro M, Padayachi N, Zulu TM,de Oliveira T, Wylie J, Ndung'u T, AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2017), :10.1089/AID.2016.0321


Spread of yellow fever virus outbreak in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2015-16: a modelling study

Kraemer MUG, Faria NR, Reiner Jr RC, Golding N, Nikolay B, Stasse S, Johansson MA, Salje H, Faye O, Wint GRW, Niedrig M, Shearer FM, Hill SC, Thompson RN, Bisanzio D, Taveira N, Nax HH, Pradelski BSR, Nsoesie EO, Murphy NR, Bogoch II, Khan K, Brownstein JS, Tatem AJ, de Oliveira T, Smith DL, Sall AA, Pybus OG, Hay SI, Cauchemez S, Lancet Infectious Diseases (2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30513-8:


Occult HIV-1 drug resistance to thymidine analogues following failure of first-line tenofovir combined with a cytosine analogue and nevirapine or efavirenz in sub Saharan Africa: a retrospective multi-centre cohort study

Gregson J, Kaleebu P, Marconi VC, van Vuuren C, Ndembi N, Hamers RL, Kanki P, Hoffmann CJ, Lockman S, Pillay D, de Oliveira T, Clumeck N, Hunt G, Kerschberger B, Shafer RW, Yang C, Raizes E, Kantor R, Gupta RK, Lancet Infectious Diseases (2017), pii: S1473-3099(16)30469-8:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30447-9


Transmission networks and risk of HIV infection in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a community-wide phylogenetic study

de Oliveira T, Kharsany ABM, Graf T, Cawood C, Khanyile D, Grobler A, Puren A, Madurai S, Baxter C, Karim QA, Karim SSA, Lancet HIV (2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(16)30186-2:


Microbial genome-wide association studies: lessons from human GWAS

Power RA, Parkhill J, de Oliveira T, Nature Reviews Genetics (2017), nrg.2016.132:doi:10.1038/nrg.2016.132


HIV drug resistance levels in adults failing first-line antiretroviral therapy in an urban and a rural setting in South Africa

Rossouw TM, Nieuwoudt M, Manasa J, Malherbe G, Lessells RJ, Pillay S, Danaviah S, Mahasha P, van Dyk G, de Oliveira T, HIV Med. (2017), 2016 :doi: 10.1111/hiv.12400


Using nearly full-genome HIV sequence data improves phylogeny reconstruction in a simulated epidemic

Yebra G, Hodcroft EB1, Ragonnet-Cronin ML1, Pillay D2, Brown AJ1; , Scientific Reports (2016), 6:39489. doi: 10.1038/srep39489


HLA-C Level Is Regulated by a Polymorphic Oct1 Binding Site in the HLA-C Promoter Region

Vince N, Li H, Ramsuran V, Naranbhai V, Duh FM, Fairfax BP, Saleh B, Knight JC, Anderson SK, Carrington M, Am J Hum Genet (2016), 99(6):1353-1358


HIV drug resistance testing among patients failing second line antiretroviral therapy-Comparison of in-house and commercial sequencing

Chimukangara B, Varyani B, Shamu T, Mutsvangwa J, Manasa J, White E, Chimbetete C, Luethy R, Katzenstein D, J Virol Methods (2016), pii: S0166-0934(16)30289-0: doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2016.11.010


HTLV-1aA introduction into Brazil and its association with the trans-Atlantic slave trade

Amoussa AE, Wilkinson E, Giovanetti M, de Almeida Rego FF, Araujo TH, de Souza Goncalves M, de Oliveira T, Alcantara LC, Infection, Genetics and Evolution (2016), 48:doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.12.005


Genome-Wide Association Study of HIV Whole Genome Sequences Validated using Drug Resistance

Power RA, Davaniah S, Derache A, Wilkinson E, Tanser F, Gupta RK, Pillay D, de Oliveira T, PLoS One (2016), 11(9):e0163746


Contribution of Gag and Protease to HIV-1 Phenotypic Drug Resistance in Pediatric Patients Failing Protease Inhibitor-Based Therapy

Giandhari J, Basson AE, Sutherland K, Parry CM, Cane PA, Coovadia A, Kuhn L, Hunt G, Morris L, Antimicrob Agents Chemother. (2016), 60(4):2248-56


Comprehensive Characterization of HIV-1 Molecular Epidemiology and Demographic History in the Brazilian Region Most Heavily Affected by AIDS

Graf T, Fritsch HM, de Medeiros RM, Junqueira DM, Almeida SEM, Pinto AR , Journal of Virology (2016), 90(18):8160-8168


Analysis of Viral Diversity in Relation to the Recency of HIV-1C Infection in Botswana

Moyo S, Vandormael A, Wilkinson E, Engelbrecht S, Gaseitsiwe S, Kotokwe, KP, Musonda R, Tanser F, Essex M, Novitsky V, de Oliveira T, PLoS One (2016), 11(8):DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0160649


Substance use and duration of untreated psychosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Davis GP, Tomita A, Baumgartner JN, Mtshemla S, Nene S, King H, Susser E and Burns JK, South African Journal of Psychiatry (2016), 22(1):p. 7


Origin, imports and exports of HIV-1 subtype C in South Africa: A historical perspective

Wilkinson E, Rasmussen D, Ratmann O, Stadler T, Engelbrecht S, de Oliveira T, Infection, Genetics and Evolution (2016), S1567-1348(16)30298-2:doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.07.008


Zika virus complete genome from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Giovanetti M, Faria NR, Nunes MR, de Vasconcelos JM, Lourenco J, Rodrigues SG, Vianez JL Jr, da Silva SP, Lemos PS, Tavares FN, Martin DP, do Rosario MS, Siqueira IC, Ciccozzi M, Pybus OG, de Oliveira T, Alcantara LC Junior, Infection, Genetics and Evolution (2016), 41:142-145


Improving HIV proteome annotation: new features of BioAfrica HIV Proteomics Resource

Druce Megan, Hulo C, Masson P, Sommer P, Xenarios I, Le Mercier P, de Oliveira T, Database (2016), 2016:doi:10.1093/database/baw045


Increasing HIV-1 drug resistance between 2010 and 2012 in adults participating in population-based HIV surveillance in rural KwaZulu-Natal South Africa

Manasa J, Danaviah S, Lessells RJ, Elshareef M, Tanser F, Wilkinson E, Pillay S, Mthiyane H, Mwambi H, Pillay D, de Oliveira T, AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2016), 32(8):763-769


Global epidemiology of drug resistance after failure of WHO recommended first-line regimens for adult HIV-1 infection: a multicentre retrospective cohort study

The TenoRes Study Group* Gregson J, Tang M, Ndembi N, Hamers RL, ..., de Oliveira T, ..., Shafer RW, Gupta KR, Lancet Infect Dis. (2016), 15:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00536-8


The Development of Computational Biology in South Africa: Successes Achieved and Lessons Learnt

Mulder NJ, Christoffels A, de Oliveira T, Gamieldien J, Hazelhurst S, Joubert F, Kumuthini J, Pillay CS, Snoep JL, Tastan Bishop O, Tiffin N, PLoS Comput Biol (2016), 12(2):e1004395


Understanding Specific Contexts of Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence in Rural South Africa: A Thematic Analysis of Digital Stories from a Community with High HIV Prevalence

Treffry-Goatley A, Lessells R, Sykes P, Barnighausen T, de Oliveira T, Moletsane R, Seeley J., PLoS One (2016), 11(2):doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148801


Analysis of Dominant HIV Quasispecies Suggests Independent Viral Evolution Within Spinal Granulomas Coinfected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and HIV-1 Subtype C

Danaviah S, de Oliveira T, Gordon M, Govender S, Chelule P, Pillay S, Naicker T, Cassol S, Ndung'u T, AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses (2016), :doi:10.1089/aid.2015.0189


Brief Report: Virologic Monitoring Can Be a Cost-Effective Strategy to Diagnose Treatment Failure on First-Line ART

Vandormael AM, Boulware DR, Tanser FC, Barnighuasen TW, Stott KE, de Oliveira T, J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. (2016), 71(4):462?466


HIV treatment cascade in tuberculosis patients

Lessells RJ, Swaminathan S, Godfrey-Faussett P, Curr Opin HIV AIDS (2015), 10(6):439-46. doi: 10.1097/COH.0000000000000197:


Epigenetic regulation of differential HLA-A allelic expression levels

Ramsuran V, Kulkarni S, O'huigin C, Yuki Y, Augusto DG, Gao X, Carrington M, Hum Mol Genet (2015), 24(15):4268-75


Epigenetic mechanisms, T-cell activation, and CCR5 genetics interact to regulate T-cell expression of CCR5, the major HIV-1 coreceptor

Gornalusse GG, Mummidi S, Gaitan AA, Jimenez F, Ramsuran V, Picton A, Rogers K, Manoharan MS, Avadhanam N, Murthy KK, Martinez H, Molano Murillo A, Chykarenko ZA, Hutt R, Daskalakis D, Shostakovich-Koretskaya L, Abdool Karim S, Martin JN, Deeks SG, Hecht F, Sinclair E, Clark RA, Okulicz J, Valentine FT, Martinson N, Tiemessen CT, Ndung'u T, Hunt PW, He W, Ahuja SK., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2015), 112(34):E4762-71


Genetic Changes in HIV-1 Gag-Protease Associated with Protease Inhibitor-Based Therapy Failure in Pediatric Patients

Giandhari J, Basson AE, Coovadia A, Kuhn L, Abrams AJ, Strehlau R, Morris L, Hunt GM, AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2015), 31(8):776-82


Clinical, Virologic, Immunologic Outcomes and Emerging HIV Drug Resistance Patterns in Children and Adolescents in Public ART Care in Zimbabwe

Makadzange AT, Higgins-Biddle M, Chimukangara B, Birri R, Gordon M, Mahlanza T, McHugh G, van Dijk JH, Bwakura-Dangarembizi M, Ndung'u T, Masimirembwa C, Phelps B, Amzel A, Ojikutu BO, Walker BD, Ndhlovu CE, PLoS One (2015), 10(12):DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144057


HIV-1 Drug Resistance Mutations: Potential Applications for Point-of-Care Genotypic Resistance Testing

Rhee SY, Jordan MR, Raizes E, Chua A, Parkin N, Kantor R, Van Zyl GU, Mukui I, Hosseinipour MC, Frenkel LM, Ndembi N, Hamers RL, Rinke de Wit TF, Wallis CL, Gupta RK, Fokam J, Zeh C, Schapiro JM, Carmona S, Katzenstein D, Tang M, Aghokeng AF, de Oliveira T, Wensing AM, Gallant JE, Wainberg MA, Richman DD, Fitzgibbon JE, Schito M, Bertagnolio S, Yang C, Shafer RW., PLoS One (2015), 10(12):e0145772. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145772


The Art of HIV Elimination: Past and Present Science

Iwuji CC, McGrath N, de Oliveira T, Porter K, Pillay D, Fisher M, Newport M, Newell M-L, AIDS & Clinical Research (2015), 6: 525. doi:10.4172/2155-6113.1000525


Identifying Recent HIV Infections: From Serological Assays to Genomics

Moyo S, Wilkinson E, Novitsky V, Vandormael A, Gaseitsiwe S, Essex M, Engelbrecht S, de Oliveira T , Viruses (2015), 7:5508-5524; doi:10.3390/v7102887


Long-range HIV genotyping using viral RNA and proviral DNA for analysis of HIV drug-resistance and HIV clustering

Novitsky V, Zahralban-Steele M, McLane MF, Moyo S, Widenfelt E, Gaseitsiwe S, Makhema J, Essex M, Journal of Clinical Microbiology (2015), in press:in press


The origin of HTLV-1 in southern Bahia by phylogenetic, mtDNA and Beta-globin analysis

Aleluia MM, Mello MAG,Alcantara LCJ, Rego FFA, Santos LPS, Galvao-Castro B, Goncalves MS, de Oliveira T, Marin LJ, Sousa SMB, Gadelha SR, Virology Reports (2015), :dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.virep.2015.05.002


PANGEA-HIV: phylogenetics for generalised epidemics in Africa

Pillay D, Herbeck J, Cohen MS, de Oliveira T, Fraser C, Ratmann O, Brown A-L, Kellam P, on behalf of the PANGEA-HIV Consortium, Lancet Infect Dis. (2015), 15(3):259-61


Evidence of Long-Lived Founder Virus in Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission

Danaviah S, de Oliveira T, Bland R, Viljoen J, Pillay S, Tuaillon E, Van de Perre P, Newell ML, PLoS One (2015), 10(3):e0120389


Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of near full-length HIV-1 subtypes A, B, G and unique recombinant AC and AD viral strains identified in South Africa

Wilkinson E, Holzmayer V, Jacobs G, de Oliveira T, Brennan C, Hackett J Jr, Janse van Rensburg E, Engelbrecht S., AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses (2015), in press:


Impact of drug resistance-associated amino acid changes in HIV-1 subtype C on susceptibility to newer nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors

Basson AE, Rhee SY, Parry CM, El-Khatib Z, Charalambous S, De Oliveira T, Pillay D, Hoffmann C, Katzenstein D, Shafer RW, Morris L, Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2015), pii: AAC.04215-14:pii: AAC.04215-14


Expression of the CCR5 HIV co-receptor in women with genital schistosomiasis

Kleppa E, Ramsuran V, Zulu S, Karlsen GH, Bere A, Passmore JA, Ndhlovu P, Lillebo K, Holmen SD, Onsrud M, Gundersen SG, Taylor M, Kjetland EF, Ndung'u T, 16th ICID Abstracts / International Journal of Inf (2014), 21S:1-460


Effect of female genital schistosomiasis and anti-schistosomal treatment on monocytes, CD4+ T-cells and CCR5 expression in the female genital tract

Kleppa E, Ramsuran V, Zulu S, Karlsen GH, Bere A, Passmore JA, Ndhlovu P, Lillebo K, Holmen SD, Onsrud M, Gundersen SG, Taylor M, Kjetland EF, Ndung'u T, PLoS One (2014), 9(6):e98593


Drug resistance mutations from whole blood proviral DNA among patients on antiretroviral drugs in Zimbabwe

Chimukangara B, Gwanzura G, Mitchell R, Katzenstein D, Masimirembwa C , Curr HIV Res (2014), 12(5):309-16


HIV Drug Resistance Patterns at the Epicentre of the HIV-1 Epidemic in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa 2003-2013

Kiepiela P, Manasa J, Moosa M-Y, Moodley P, Gordon M, Parikh UM, Sunpath H, de Oliveira T, Ramjee G, J AIDS Clin Res (2014), 5:doi: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000299


Phylogenetic studies of transmission dynamics in generalized HIV epidemics: An essential tool where the burden is greatest?

Dennis AM, Herbeck JT, Brown AL, Kellam P, de Oliveira T, Pillay D, Fraser C, Cohen MS, J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. (2014), in press:


HIV-1 adaptation to antigen processing results in population-level immune evasion and affects subtype diversification

Tenzer S, Crawford H, Pymm P, Gifford R, Sreenu VB, Weimershaus M, de Oliveira T, Burgevin A, Gerstoft J, Akkad N, Lunn D, Fugger L, Bell J, Schild H, van Endert P, Iversen AK., Cell Reports (2014), 7:doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.03.031


Circulating Biomarkers of Immune Activation Distinguish Viral Suppression from Nonsuppression in HAART-Treated Patients with Advanced HIV-1 Subtype C Infection

Malherbe G, Steel HC, Cassol S, de Oliveira T, Seebregts CJ, Anderson R, Cassol E, Rossouw TM., Mediators Inflamm. (2014), 2014:198413:doi: 10.1155/2014/198413


HIV-1 Subtypes B and C Unique Recombinant Forms (URFs) and Transmitted Drug Resistance Identified in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

Jacobs GB, Wilkinson E, Isaacs S, Spies G, de Oliveira T, Seedat S, Engelbrecht S , PLoS One (2014), 9(3):e90845. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090845


Implementing antiretroviral resistance testing in a primary health care HIV treatment programme in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: early experiences, achievements and challenges

Lessells RJ, Stott KE, Manasa J, Naidu KK, Skingsley A, Rossouw T, de Oliveira T, BMC Health Services Research (2014), 14:116:doi:10.1186/1472-6963-14-116


Southern African Treatment Resistance Network (SATuRN) RegaDB HIV drug resistance and clinical management database: supporting patient management, surveillance and research in southern Africa

Manasa J, Lessells R, Rossouw T, Naidu K, Van Vuuren C, Goedhals D, Van Zyl G, Bester A, Skingsley A, Stott K, Danaviah S, Chetty T, Singh L, Moodley P, Iwuji C, McGrath N, Seebregts CJ, de Oliveira T, Database (Oxford) (2014), Vol. 2014 :bat082. doi: 10.1093/database/bat082


Drug resistance in children at virological failure in a rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, cohort

Pillay S, Bland RM, Lessells RJ, Manasa J, de Oliveira T, Danaviah S., AIDS Res Ther. (2014), 11(1):3. doi: 10.1186/1742-6405-11-3


Concentrated HIV subepidemics in generalized epidemic settings

Tanser F, de Oliveira T, Maheu-Giroux M, Barnighausen T, Curr Opin HIV AIDS (2014), 9(2):115-125


An Affordable HIV-1 Drug Resistance Monitoring Method for Resource Limited Settings

Manasa J, Danaviah S, Pillay S, Padayachee P, Mthiyane H, Seebregts C, Rinke De Wit TF, Viljoen J, Katzenstein D, De Oliveira T , Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) (2014), (85):e51242, doi:10.3791/51242


Genetic interplay between HLA-C and MIR148A in HIV control and Crohn disease

Kulkarni S, Qi Y, O'hUigin C, Pereyra F, Ramsuran V, McLaren P, Fellay J, Nelson G, Chen H, Liao W, Bass S, Apps R, Gao X, Yuki Y, Lied A, Ganesan A, Hunt PW, Deeks SG, Wolinsky S, Walker BD, Carrington M, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013), 110(51):20705-10


An Investigation of Classification Algorithms for Predicting HIV Drug Resistance without Genotype Resistance Testing

Brandt P, Moodley D, Pillay AW, Seebregts CJ, de Oliveira T, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) (2013), 8315:236-253


A Pragmatic Approach to HIV-1 Drug Resistance Determination in Resource-Limited Settings by Use of a Novel Genotyping Assay Targeting the Reverse Transcriptase-Encoding Region Only

Aitken SC, Bronze M, Wallis CL, Stuyver L, Steegen K, Balinda S, Kityo C, Stevens W, Rinke De Wit TF & Schuurman R., J Clin Microbiol (2013), 51:1757-1761


High coverage of ART associated with decline in risk of HIV acquisition in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Tanser F, Barnighausen T, Grapsa E, Zaidi J, Newell M-L., Science (2013), 339(6122):966-971


A qualitative and quantitative histopathological analysis of the host immune response to TB of the spine in HIV-positive and negative patients

Danaviah S, Sacks J, Taylor L, Govender S, Fallows D, Kumar KPS, Ndung'u T, Kaplan G. , Tuberculosis (2013), 93(4):432-41


Pili contribute to biofilm formation in vitro in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Ramsugit S, Guma S, Pillay B, Jain P, Larsen MH, Danaviah S, Pillay M., Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek (2013), 104(2):DOI 10.1007/s10482-013-9981-6


Combined antiretroviral and antituberculosis drug resistance following incarceration

Stott KE, de Oliveira T, Lessells RJ, S Afr J HIV Med (2013), 14(3):135-137


Human Retrovirus Codon Usage from tRNA Point of View: Therapeutic Insights

Frias D, Monteiro-Cunha JP, Mota-Miranda AC, Fonseca V, de Oliveira T, Galvao-Castro B Alcantara LCJ, Bioinformatics and Biology Insights (2013), 7:1-11


High Level of HIV-2 False Positivity in KwaZulu-Natal Province: A Region of South Africa With a Very High HIV-1 Subtype C Prevalence

Singh L, Parboosing R, Manasa J, Moodley P, de Oliveira T, Journal of Medical Virology (2013), Advanced Access:doi: 10.1002/jmv.23716


Trends in Genotypic HIV-1 Antiretroviral Resistance between 2006 and 2012 in South African Patients Receiving First- and Second-Line Antiretroviral Treatment Regimens

Van Zyl GU, Liu TF, Claassen M, Engelbrecht S, de Oliveira T, Preiser W, Wood NT, Travers S, Shafer RW, PLoS One (2013), 8(6):e67188


Automated subtyping of HIV-1 genetic sequences for clinical and surveillance purposes: Performance evaluation of the new REGA version 3 and seven other tools

Pena ACP, Faria NR, Imbrechts S, Libin P, Abecasis AB, Deforche K, Gomez A, Camacho RJ, de Oliveira T, Vandamme A-M, Infectious Genetics and Evolution (2013), in press :


Development and evaluation of an affordable real-time qualitative assay for determining HIV-1 virological failure in plasma and dried blood spots.

Aitken SC, Kliphuis A, Bronze M, Wallis CL, Kityo C, Balinda S, Stevens WS, Spieker N, de Oliveira T, Rinke de Wit TF, Schuurman R., J Clin Microbiol (2013), 29 (11):JCM.03305-12


RegaDB: Community-driven data management and analysis for infectious diseases

Libin P, Beheydt G, Deforche K, Imbrechts S, Ferreira F, Van Laethem K, Theys K, Carvalho AP, Cavaco Silva J, Lapadula G, Torti P, Assel M, Wesner S, Snoeck J, Ruelle J, De Bel A, Lacor P, De Munter P, Van Wijngaerden E, Zazzi M, Kaiser R, Ayouba A, Peeters M, de Oliveira T, Alcantara L, Grossman Z, Sloot P, Otelea D, Paraschiv S, Boucher C, Camacho R, and Vandamme AM, Bioinformatics (2013), 29 (11):1477-1480, doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btst162


HIV & TB Drug Resistance & Clinical Management Case Book

Rossouw T, Lessells RJ, de Oliveira T, South African Medical Research Council Press (2013), ISBN 978-1-920014-91-9:


Searching for Virus Phylotypes

Chevenet F, Jung M, Peeters M, de Oliveira T, Gascuel O, Bioinformatics (2013), 29 (5):561-570


Universal Amplification, Next-Generation Sequencing, and Assembly of HIV-1 Genomes

Gall A, Ferns B, Morris C, Watson S, Cotten M, Robinson M, Berry N, Pillay D, Kellam P, Journal of Clinical Microbiology (2012), 50(12):doi:10.1128/JCM.01516-12


Principles of HIV drug resistance for clinical management in South Africa

Stott K, Michel J, de Oliveira T, HIV Nursing Matters (2012), 3(4):46-51


The 2012 southern African ARV drug resistance testing guidelines

Conradie F, Wilson D, Basson A, de Oliveira T, Hunt G, Joel D, Papathanasopoulos M, Preiser W, Klausner J, Spencer D, Stevens W, Venter F, van Vuuren C, S Afr J HIV Med (2012), 13(4):162-167


Are subtype differences important in HIV drug resistance?

Lessells RJ, Katzenstein DK, de Oliveira T, Current Opinion Virology (2012), 2(5):636-43


Gender Differences in Survival among Adult Patients Starting Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa: A Multicentre Cohort Study

Cornell M, Schomaker M, Garone DB, Giddy J, Hoffmann CJ, Lessells R, Maskew M, Prozesky H, Wood R, Johnson LF, Egger M, Boulle A, Myer L For IeDEA-SA, PLoS Medicine (2012), 9(9):e1001304


The tainted milk of human kindness

Goedhals D, Rossouw I, Hallbauer U, Mamabolo M, de Oliveira T, Lancet (2012), 380:702


WHO HIV drug resistance report 2012

WHO ResNet, including - Jordan MR, Barcarolo J, Parkin N, de Oliveira T (analysis support), Bertagnolio S, WHO report (2012), ISBN 978 92 4 150393 8:


Modeling HIV-1 Drug Resistance as Episodic Directional Selection

Murrell B, de Oliveira T, Seebregts C, Kosakovsky-Pond SL, Scheffler K, on behalf SATuRN, PLoS Comput Biol (2012), 8(5):e1002507


Primary drug resistance in South Africa - data from 10 years of surveys

Manasa J, Katzenstein D, Cassol S, Newell ML, de Oliveira T, AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2012), 28(6):558-565


Influence of variations in CCL3L1 and CCR5 on tuberculosis in a northwestern Colombian population

Mamtani M, Mummidi S, Ramsuran V, Pham MH, Maldonado R, Begum K, Valera MS, Sanchez R, Castiblanco J, Kulkarni H, Ndung'u T, He W, Anaya JM, Ahuja SK, J Infect Dis (2011), 203(11):1590-4


Duffy-null-associated low neutrophil counts influence HIV-1 susceptibility in high-risk South African black women

Ramsuran V, Kulkarni H, He W, Mlisana K, Wright EJ, Werner L, Castiblanco J, Dhanda R, Le T, Dolan MJ, Guan W, Weiss RA, Clark RA, Karim SS, Ahuja SK, Ndung'u T, Clin Infect Dis. (2011), 52(10):1248-56


Optimization of a low cost and broadly sensitive genotyping assay for HIV-1 drug resistance surveillance and monitoring in resource-limited settings.

Zhou Z, Wagar N, Devos JR, Rottinghaus E, Diallo K, Nguyen DB, Bassey O, Ugbena R, Wadonda-Kabondo N, Mcconnell MS, Zulu I, Chilima B, Nkengasong J, Yang C , PLoS One (2011), 6:e28184


Cumulative exposure to cell-free HIV in breast milk, rather than feeding pattern per se, identifies postnatally infected infants

Neveu D, Viljoen J, Bland RM, Nagot N, Danaviah S, Coutsoudis A, Rollins NC, Coovadia HM, Van de Perre P, Newell ML. , Clin Infect Dis (2011), 52(6):819-25


Use of dried blood spots for the determination of genetic variation of IL-10, Killer Immunoglobulin-like Receptor and HLA Class I genes

Ndlovu BG, Danaviah S, Moodley E, Ghebremichael M, Bland R, Viljoen J, Newell M-L, Ndung'u T, and Carr WH, Tissue Antigens (2011), 79(2):114-22


Surveillance of transmitted antiretroviral drug resistance among HIV-1 infected women attending antenatal clinics in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe.

Tshabalala M, Manasa J, Zijenah LS, Rusakaniko S, Kadzirange G, Mucheche M, Kassaye S, Johnston E, Katzenstein D, PLoS ONE (2011), 6(6):e21241


Cohort profile: Hlabisa HIV Treatment and Care Programme

Houlihan C, Bland R, Mutevedzi P, Lessells R, Ndirangu J, Thulare H, Newell ML, Int J Epidemiol (2011), 40:318-26


Retention in HIV care for individuals not yet eligible for antiretroviral therapy: rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Lessells RJ, Mutevedzi PC, Cooke GS, Newell ML., J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2011), 56(3):e79-86


Poor long-term outcomes for cryptococcal meningitis in rural South Africa

Lessells RJ, Mutevedzi PC, Heller T, Newell ML, S Afr Med (2011), 101:251-2


International spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis from Tugela Ferry, South Africa

Cooke GS, Beaton RK, Lessells RJ, John L, Ashworth S, Kon OM, Williams OM, Supply P, Moodley P, Pym AS, Emerg Infect Dis (2011), 17:2035-2037


Evaluation of tuberculosis diagnostics: establishing an evidence base around the public health impact

Lessells RJ, Cooke GS, Newell ML, Godfrey-Faussett P, J Infect Dis (2011), 204:S1187-95


Genetic Characteristics, Coreceptor Usage Potential and Evolution of Nigerian HIV-1 Subtype G and CRF02_AG Isolate

Ajoge HO, Gordon ML, de Oliveira T, Green TN, Ibrahim S, Shittu OS, Olonitola SO, Ahmad AA, Ndung'u T, PLoS One (2011), 6(3):e17865


Affordable in-house antiretroviral drug resistance assay with good performance in non-subtype B HIV-1

Wallis CL, Papathanasopoulos MA, Lakhi S, Karita E, Kamali A, Kaleebu P, Sanders E, Anzala O, Bekker LG, Stevens G, De Wit TF, Stevens W , J Virol Methods (2010), 163:505-508


Comparison of the Generic HIV Viral Load assay with the Amplicor HIV-1 monitor v1.5 and Nuclisens HIV-1 EasyQ v1.2 techniques for plasma HIV-1 RNA quantitation of non-B subtypes: the Kesho Bora preparatory study.

Rouet F, Foulongne V, Viljoen J, Steegen K, Becquart P, Valea D, Danaviah S, Segondy M, Verhofstede C, Van de Perre P; WHO/ANRS 1289 Kesho Bora Study Group, Virol Methods (2010), 163(2):253-7


Dried Blood Spot HIV-1 RNA Quantification Using Open Real-Time Systems in South Africa and Burkina Faso

Viljoen J, Gampini S, Danaviah S, Valea D, Pillay S, Kania D, Meda N, Newell ML, Van de Perre P, Rouet F; for the World Health Organization/ANRS 1289 Kesho Bora Study Group, Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2010), 55(3):290-8


Community-based treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Heller T, Lessells RJ, Wallrauch C, Barnighausen T, Cooke GS, Mhlongo L, Master I, Newell ML, Int J TB Lung Dis (2010), 14:420-426


The TB challenge in a rural South African HIV programme

Houlihan C, Mutevedzi P, Lessells R, Cooke G, Tanser F, Newell ML, BMC Infect Dis (2010), 10:23


Scale-up of a decentralised HIV treatment programme in rural KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa: does rapid expansion affect patient outcomes?

Mutevedzi P, Lessells RJ, Heller T, Barnighausen T, Cooke G, Newell ML, Bull WHO (2010), 88:593-600


Comparative performance of the REGA subtyping tool version 2 versus version 1

Abecasis AB, Wang Y, Libin P, Imbrechts S, de Oliveira T, Camacho RJ, Vandamme AM, Infect Genet Evol. (2010), 10(3):380-5


The HIV-1 Subtype C Epidemic in South America is Linked to the United Kingdom

de Oliveira T, Pillay D, Gifford RJ; for the UK Collaborative Group on HIV Drug Resistance, PLoS One (2010), 19;5(2):e9311


Public Database for HIV Drug Resistance in southern Africa

de Oliveira T, Shafer WR, Seebregts C, for SATuRN, Nature (2010), 464(7289):673


The RNA virus database

Belshaw R, de Oliveira T, Markowitz S, Rambaut A, Nucleic Acids Res (2009), 37(Database issue):D431-5


Genetic variability of human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Bahia state, Northeast, Brazil: high diversity of HIV genotypes

Monteiro JP, Alcantara LC, de Oliveira T, Oliveira AM, Melo MA, Brites C, Galvao-Castro B, J Med Virol (2009), 81(3):391-9


Extensive HIV-1 intra-host recombination is common in tissues with abnormal histopathology

Lamers SL, Salemi M, Galligan DC, de Oliveira T, Fogel GB, Granier SC, Zhao L, Brown JN, Morris A, Masliah E, McGrath MS, PLoS One (2009), 4(3):e5065


Functional characteristics of HIV-1 subtype C compatible with increased heterosexual transmissibility

Walter BL, Armitage AE, Graham SC, de Oliveira T, Skinhoj P, Jones EY, Stuart DI, McMichael AJ, Chesebro B, Iversen AK, AIDS (2009), 23(9):1047-57


A standardized framework for accurate, high-throughput genotyping of recombinant and non-recombinant viral sequences

Alcantara LC, Cassol S, Libin P, Deforche K, Pybus OG, Van Ranst M, Galvao-Castro B, Vandamme AM, de Oliveira T, Nucleic Acids Res (2009), 37(Web Server issue):W634-42


Prevalence of HIV type-1 drug-associated mutations in pre-therapy patients in the Free State, South Africa.

Huang KH, Goedhals D, Fryer H, van Vuuren C, Katzourakis A, De Oliveira T, Brown H, Cassol S, Seebregts C, McLean A, Klenerman P, Phillips R, Frater J; Bloemfontein-Oxford Collaborative Group., Antivir Ther. (2009), 14(7):975-84


Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology of Subtype C HIV-1 in Zimbabwe

Dalai SC, de Oliveira T, Harkins GH, Kassaye SG, Lint J, Manasa J, Johnston E, Katzenstein D, AIDS (2009), 23(18):2523-32


Antiretroviral drug resistance surveillance among drug-naive HIV-1-infected individuals in Gauteng Province, South Africa in 2002 and 2004

Pillay V, Ledwaba J, Hunt G, Rakgotho M, Singh B, Makubalo L, Bennett D E, Puren A, Morris L , Antivir Ther (2008), 13 Suppl 2:101-107


In-house HIV-1 RNA real-time reverse transcription PCR assays: principle, available tests and usefulness in developing countries

Rouet F, Menan H, Viljoen J, Ngo Giang Huong N, Mandaliya K, Valea D, Xuan L, Danaviah S, Rousset D, Ganon A and Nerrienet E, Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics (2008), 8(5):635-650


HIV and hepatitis B co-infection in Africa

Lessells RJ, Main J, Cooke GS, Lancet Infectious Diseases (2008), 8:210-11


Effect of the HIV epidemic on liver cancer in Africa

Lessells RJ, Cooke GS, Lancet (2008), 371:1504


High-resolution molecular epidemiology and evolutionary history of HIV-1 subtypes in Albania

Salemi M, de Oliveira T, Ciccozzi M, Rezza G, Goodenow MM, PLoS One (2008), 3(1):e1390


The HIV type 1 epidemic in Bulgaria involves multiple subtypes and is sustained by continuous viral inflow from West and East European countries

Salemi M, Goodenow MM, Montieri S, de Oliveira T, Santoro MM, Beshkov D, Alexiev I, Elenkov I, Elenkov I, Yakimova T, Varleva T, Rezza G, Ciccozzi M, AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2008), 24(6):771-9


Conserved footprints of APOBEC3G on Hypermutated human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and human endogenous retrovirus HERV-K(HML2) sequences

Armitage AE, Katzourakis A, de Oliveira T, Welch JJ, Belshaw R, Bishop KN, Kramer B, McMichael AJ, Rambaut A, Iversen AK, J Virol (2008), 82(17):8743-61


Atypical mycobacterial spondylitis in HIV-negative patients identified by 16S rDNA genotyping

Danaviah S, Govender S, Gordon ML, Cassol S. , J Bone Joint Surg Br. (2007), 89(3) :346-348


Cervical spine tuberculosis in children

Govender S, Ramnarain A, Danaviah S, Clin Orthop Relat Res. (2007), 460:50-5


Sequential broadening of CTL responses in early HIV-1 infection is associated with viral escape

Karlsson AC, Iversen AK, Chapman JM, de Oliveira T, Spotts G, McMichael AJ, Davenport MP, Hecht FM, Nixon DF, PLos One (2007), 2(2):e225


Evidence for recombination in natural populations of porcine circovirus type 2 in Hong Kong and mainland China

Ma CM, Hon CC, Lam TY, Li VY, Wong CK, de Oliveira T, Leung FC, J Gen Virol (2007), 88(Pt 6):1733-7


An outbreak of HIV-1 subtype G among Italian injecting drug users

Ciccozzi M, Montieri S, Salemi M, De Oliveira T, Dorrucci M, Sinicco A, De Luca A, Giuliani M, Balotta C, Rezza G, AIDS (2007), 21(9):1213-5


Recombination confounds the early evolutionary history of human immunodeficiency virus type 1: subtype G is a circulating recombinant form

Abecasis AB, Lemey P, Vidal N, de Oliveira T, Peeters M, Camacho R, Shapiro B, Rambaut A, Vandamme AM, J Virol (2007), 81(16):8543-51


Libya should stop denying scientific evidence on HIV

Colizzi V, de Oliveira T, Roberts RJ, Nature (2007), 448(7157):992


Phylogenetic surveillance of viral genetic diversity and the evolving molecular epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus type 1

Gifford RJ, de Oliveira T, Rambaut A, Pybus OG, Dunn D, Vandamme AM, Kellam P, Pillay D; UK Collaborative Group on HIV Drug Resistance, J Virol (2007), 81(23):13050-6


Mapping the molecular characteristics of Brazilian human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 Env (gp46) and Pol amino acid sequences for vaccine design

Mota-Miranda AC, de Oliveira T, Moreau DR, Bomfim C, Galvao-Castro B, Alcantara LC Jr, Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz (2007), 102(6):741-9


A report of 3 unusual opportunistic bacterial infections of the spine

Danaviah S, Govender S, Gordon M, Cassol S, SAOJ (2006), 5(3):12-16


Out of Africa: The BioAfrica website

de Oliveira T, BioTechniques (2006), 41:129


Tracing the origin of Brazilian HTLV-1 as determined by analysis of host and viral genes

Alcantara LC, de Oliveira T, Gordon M, Pybus O, Mascarenhas RE, Seixas MO, Goncalves M, Hlela C, Cassol S, Galvao-Castro B, AIDS (2006), 20(5):780-2


Assessment of automated genotyping protocols as tools for surveillance of HIV-1 genetic diversity

Gifford R, de Oliveira T, Rambaut A, Myers RE, Gale CV, Dunn D, Shafer R, Vandamme AM, Kellam P, Pillay D; UK Collaborative Group on HIV Drug Resistance, AIDS (2006), 20(11):1521-9


Molecular epidemiology: HIV-1 and HCV sequences from Libyan outbreak

de Oliveira T, Pybus OG, Rambaut A, Salemi M, Cassol S, Ciccozzi M, Rezza G, Gattinara GC, D'Arrigo R, Amicosante M, Perrin L, Colizzi V, Perno CF; Benghazi Study Group, Nature (2006), 444(7121):836-7


Scourge of a Continent: The BioAfrica Website

de Oliveira T, Cassol S (edited by M. Leslie), Science (2005), 310:1877


BioAfrica's HIV-1 proteomics resource: combining protein data with bioinformatics tools

Doherty RS, de Oliveira T, Seebregts C, Danaviah S, Gordon M, Cassol S, Retrovirology (2005), 2:18


Different epidemic potentials of the HIV-1B and C subtypes

Salemi M, de Oliveira T, Soares MA, Pybus O, Dumans AT, Vandamme AM, Tanuri A, Cassol S, Fitch WM, J Mol Evol (2005), 60(5):598-605


An automated genotyping system for analysis of HIV-1 and other microbial sequences

de Oliveira T, Deforche K, Cassol S, Salminen M, Paraskevis D, Seebregts C, Snoeck J, van Rensburg EJ, Wensing AM, van de Vijver DA, Boucher CA, Camacho R, Vandamme AM, Bioinformatics (2005), 21(19):3797-800


A specific subtype C of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 circulates in Brazil

Soares MA, De Oliveira T, Brindeiro RM, Diaz RS, Sabino EC, Brigido L, Pires IL, Morgado MG, Dantas MC, Barreira D, Teixeira PR, Cassol S, Tanuri A; Brazilian Network for Drug Resistance Surveillance, AIDS (2003), 17(1):11-21


Molecular characteristics of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C viruses from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: implications for vaccine and antiretroviral control strategies

Gordon M, De Oliveira T, Bishop K, Coovadia HM, Madurai L, Engelbrecht S, Janse van Rensburg E, Mosam A, Smith A, Cassol S, J Virol (2003), 77(4):2587-99


Mosaic genomes of the six major primate lentivirus lineages revealed by phylogenetic analyses

Salemi M, De Oliveira T, Courgnaud V, Moulton V, Holland B, Cassol S, Switzer WM, Vandamme AM, J Virol (2003), 77(13):7202-13


Variability at human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C protease cleavage sites: an indication of viral fitness?

de Oliveira T, Engelbrecht S, Janse van Rensburg E, Gordon M, Bishop K, zur Megede J, Barnett SW, Cassol S, J Virol (2003), 77(17):9422-30


Prevalence, incidence and mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 in rural South Africa

Rollins NC, Dedicoat M, Danaviah S, Page T, Bishop K, Kleinschmidt I, Coovadia HM, Cassol SA, Lancet (2002), 360(9330):389


Novel evolutionary analyses of full-length HIV type 1 subtype C molecular clones from Cape Town, South Africa

zur Megede J, Engelbrecht S, de Oliveira T, Cassol S, Scriba TJ, van Rensburg EJ, Barnett SW, AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2002), 18(17):1327-32


Sequence of the env gene of some KwaZulu-Natal, South African strains of HTLV type I

Bhigjee AI, Tarin ML, Bill PL, De Oliveira T, York D, AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (1999), 15(13):1229-33


Antiretroviral therapy adherence patterns, virological suppression, and emergence of drug resistance: A nested case-control study from Uganda and South Africa.

Tyagi A, Tong Y, Rabideau DJ, Reynolds Z, De Oliveira T, Lessells R, Amanyire G, Orrell C, Asiimwe S, Chimukangara B, Giandhari J, Pillay S, Haberer JE, Siedner MJ; META Study Investigators. , Antivir Ther. (), 27(5):13596535221114822. doi: 10.1177/13596535221114822:



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The tainted milk of human kindness. Lancet (2012), I.F.:47.831

Microbial genome-wide association studies: lessons from human GWAS. Nature Reviews Genetics (2017), I.F.:40.282

Scourge of a Continent: The BioAfrica Website. Science (2005), I.F.:37.205

PANGEA-HIV: phylogenetics for generalised epidemics in Africa. Lancet Infect Dis. (2015), I.F.:19.864

HIV and hepatitis B co-infection in Africa. Lancet Infectious Diseases (2008), I.F.:19.864


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KRISP has been created by the coordinated effort of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the South African Medical Research Countil (SAMRC).


Location: K-RITH Tower Building
Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, UKZN
719 Umbilo Road, Durban, South Africa.
Director: Prof. Tulio de Oliveira