PUBLICATIONS SPOTLIGHT

PUBLICATIONS

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

Association of age with mortality and virological and immunological response to antiretroviral therapy in rural South African adults

Mutevedzi PC, Lessells RJ, Rodger AJ, Newell ML, PLoS ONE (2011), 6(7):e21795

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

Molecular characterization of non-subtype C and recombinant HIV-1 viruses from Cape Town, South Africa

Wilkinson E, Engelbrecht S, Infectious Genetics and Evolution (2009), 9:840-846

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