PUBLICATIONS SPOTLIGHT

PUBLICATIONS

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:

A Nationwide Panel Study on Religious Involvement and Depression in South Africa: Evidence from the South African National Income Dynamics Study

Tomita A, Ramlall S, J Relig Health. (2018), doi: 10.1007/s10943-017-0551-5:

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:

The Pharmaceutical Industry in 2017. An Analysis of FDA Drug Approvals from the Perspective of Molecules

de la Torre BG, Albericio F, Molecules (2018), 23(3). pii: E533:

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