PUBLICATIONS SPOTLIGHT

PUBLICATIONS

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

Tracking external introductions of HIV using phylodynamics reveals a major source of infections in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Rasmussen DA, Wilkinson E, Vandormael A, Tanser F, Pillay D, Stadler T, de Oliveira T, Virus Evolution (2018), 4(2): vey037:

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

Evidence on the Association Between Cigarette Smoking and Incident Depression From the South African National Income Dynamics Study 2008–2015: Mental Health Implications for a Resource-Limited Setting

Tomita A, Manuel JI, Nicotine & Tobacco Research (2018), doi:10.1093/ntr/nty163:

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:

Patterns of genomic site inheritance in HIV-1M inter-subtype recombinants delineate the most likely genomic sites of subtype-specific adaptation

Tongo M, de Oliveira T, Martin DP, Virus Evolution (2018), Volume 4, Issue 1, 1 January 2018, vey015:

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

Ethical issues associated with HIV phylogenetics in HIV transmission dynamics research: A review of the literature using the Emanuel Framework

Mutenherwa F, Wassenaar DR, de Oliveira T, Developing World Bioethics (2018), https://doi.org/10.1111/dewb.12191:

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: