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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:.

Evaluation of miniaturized Illumina DNA preparation protocols for SARS-CoV-2 whole genome sequencing.
Pillay S, San JE, Tshiabuila D, Naidoo Y, Pillay Y, Maharaj A, Anyaneji UJ, Wilkinson E, Tegally H, Lessells RJ, Baxter C, de Oliveira T, Giandhari J, PLoS ONE (2023), 18(4):e0283219. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283219:.

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. .
Brito AF, Semenova E, Dudas G, Hassler GW, Kalinich CC, Kraemer MUG, Ho J, Tegally H, Githinji G, Agoti CN, Matkin LE, Whittaker C; Bulgarian SARS-CoV-2 sequencing group; Communicable Diseases Genomics Network (Australia and New Zealand); COVID-19 Impact Project; Danish Covid-19 Genome Consortium; Fiocruz COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Network; GISAID core curation team; Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA); Swiss SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing Consortium, Howden BP, Sintchenko V, Zuckerman NS, Mor O, Blankenship HM, de Oliveira T, Lin RTP, Siqueira MM, Resende PC, Vasconcelos ATR, Spilki FR, Aguiar RS, Alexiev I, Ivanov IN, Philipova I, Carrington CVF, Sahadeo NSD, Branda B, Gurry C, Maurer-Stroh S, Naidoo D, von Eije KJ, Perkins MD, van Kerkhove M, Hill SC, Sabino EC, Pybus OG, Dye C, Bhatt S, Flaxman S, Suchard MA, Grubaugh ND, Baele G, Faria NR., Nature Communications (2022), 16;13(1):7003. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33713-y.:.

Ethics and governance challenges related to genomic data sharing in southern Africa: the case of SARS-CoV-2.
Moodley K, Cengiz N, Domingo A, Nair G, Obasa AE, Lessells RJ, de Oliveira T, Lancet Global Health (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/ S2214-109X(22)00417-X:.

The evolving SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: Insights from rapidly expanding genomic surveillance.
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Molecular Epidemiology and Trends in HIV-1 Transmitted Drug Resistance in Mozambique 1999-2018.
Ismael N, Wilkinson E, Mahumane I, Gemusse H, Giandhari J, Bauhofer A, Vubil A, Mambo P, Singh L, Mabunda N, Bila D, Engelbrecht S, Gudo E, Lessells R, de Oliveira T, Viruses (2022), 14(9):1992. doi: 10.3390/v14091992:.

Clinical evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests during the Omicron wave in South Africa.
Samsunder N, de Vos M, Ngcapu S, Giandhari J, Lewis L, Kharsany AB, Carwood C, de Oliveira T, Karim QA, Karim SA, Naidoo K, Escadafal C, Sivro A, J Infect Dis. (2022), jiac333. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiac333:.

Impact of intra-host immune adaptations on the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 S protein among individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infections in South Africa, 2020 to 2022..
Subramoney K, Mtileni N, Davis A, Giandhari J, Naidoo Y, Ramphal Y, Pillay S, Ramphal U, Tegally H, Wilkinson E, Simane A, Reddy B, Mashishi B, Mbenenge N, de Oliveira T, Fielding B, Treurnicht F, Authorea Preprints (2022), DOI: 10.22541/au.166305249.90395426/v1 :.

Urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing nomenclature for monkeypox virus.
Happi C, Adetifa I, Mbala P, Njouom R, Nakoune E, Happi A, Ndodo N, Ayansola O, Mboowa G, Bedford T, Neher RA, Roemer C, Hodcroft E, Tegally H, O'Toole Á, Rambaut A, Pybus O, Kraemer MUG, Wilkinson E, Isidro J, Borges V, Pinto M, Gomes JP, Freitas L, Resende PC, Lee RTC, Maurer-Stroh S, Baxter C, Lessells R, Ogwell AE, Kebede Y, Tessema SK, de Oliveira T, PLoS Biology (2022), doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001769.:.

Genomic epidemiology of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Brazil.
Giovanetti M, Slavov SN, Fonseca V, Wilkinson E, Tegally H, Patané JSL, Viala VL, San EJ, Rodrigues ES, Santos EV, Aburjaile F, Xavier J, Fritsch H, Adelino TER, Pereira F, Leal A, Iani FCM, de Carvalho Pereira G, Vazquez C, Sanabria GME, Oliveira EC, Demarchi L, Croda J, Dos Santos Bezerra R, Paola Oliveira de Lima L, Martins AJ, Renata Dos Santos Barros C, Marqueze EC, de Souza Todao Bernardino J, Moretti DB, Brassaloti RA, de Lello Rocha Campos Cassano R, Mariani PDSC, Kitajima JP, Santos B, Proto-Siqueira R, Cantarelli VV, Tosta S, Nardy VB, Reboredo de Oliveira da Silva L, Gómez MKA, Lima JG, Ribeiro AA, Guimarães NR, Watanabe LT, Barbosa Da Silva L, da Silva Ferreira R, da Penha MPF, Ortega MJ, de la Fuente AG, Villalba S, Torales J, Gamarra ML, Aquino C, Figueredo GPM, Fava WS, Motta-Castro ARC, Venturini J, do Vale Leone de Oliveira SM, Gonçalves CCM, do Carmo Debur Rossa M, Becker GN, Giacomini MP, Marques NQ, Riediger IN, Raboni S, Mattoso G, Cataneo AD, Zanluca C, Duarte Dos Santos CN, Assato PA, Allan da Silva da Costa F, Poleti MD, Lesbon JCC, Mattos EC, Banho CA, Sacchetto L, Moraes MM, Grotto RMT, Souza-Neto JA, Nogueira ML, Fukumasu H, Coutinho LL, Calado RT, Neto RM, Bispo de Filippis AM, Venancio da Cunha R, Freitas C, Peterka CRL, de Fátima Rangel Fernandes C, Navegantes W, do Carmo Said RF, Campelo de A E Melo CF, Almiron M, Lourenço J, de Oliveira T, Holmes EC, Haddad R, Sampaio SC, Elias MC, Kashima S, Junior de Alcantara LC, Covas DT, Nature Microbiology (2022), doi: 10.1038/s41564-022-01191-z:.

SARS-CoV-2 Genetic Diversity and Lineage Dynamics in Egypt during the First 18 Months of the Pandemic.
Roshdy WH, Khalifa MK, San JE, Tegally H, Wilkinson E, Showky SM, Darren P, Moir M, Naguib AEN, Gomaa MR, Fahim MAEH, Mohsen AGR, Hassany M, Lessells R, Al-Karmalawy AA, EL-Shesheny R, Kandeil AM, Ali MA, de Oliveira T, Viruses (2022), https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/9/1878:.

Building genomic sequencing capacity in Africa to respond to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
de Oliveira T, Wilkinson E, Baxter C, Tegally H, Giandhari J, Naidoo Y, Pillay S, Science (2022), https://www.science.org/content/resource/pandemic-preparedness-changing-world-fostering-global-collaboration, 2022:.

Omicron BA.4/BA.5 escape neutralizing immunity elicited by BA.1 infection..
Khan K, Karim F, Ganga Y, Bernstein M, Jule Z, Reedoy K, Cele S, Lustig G, Amoako D, Wolter N, Samsunder N, Sivro A, San JE, Giandhari J, Tegally H, Pillay S, Naidoo Y, Mazibuko M, Miya Y, Ngcobo N, Manickchund N, Magula N, Karim QA, von Gottberg A, Abdool Karim SS, Hanekom W, Gosnell BI; COMMIT-KZN Team, Lessells RJ, de Oliveira T, Moosa MS, Sigal A, Nature Communications (2022), doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32396-9:.

Genomic surveillance of Rift Valley fever virus: from sequencing to lineage assignment.
Juma J, Fonseca V, Konongoi SL, van Heusden P, Roesel K, Sang R, Bett B, Christoffels A, de Oliveira T, Oyola SO, BMC Genomics (2022), 23(1):520. doi: 10.1186/s12864-022-08764-6:.

HIV-1 Evolutionary Dynamics under Nonsuppressive Antiretroviral Therapy.
Kemp SA, Charles OJ, Derache A, Smidt W, Martin DP, Iwuji C, Adamson J, Govender K, de Oliveira T, Dabis F, Pillay D, Goldstein RA, Gupta RK, mBio (2022), 13(3):e0026922. doi: 10.1128/mbio.00269-22:.

Adherence measured using electronic dose monitoring is associated with emergent antiretroviral resistance and poor outcomes in patients co-infected with HIV/AIDS and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Bateman M, Wolf A, Chimukangara B, Brust JCM, Lessells R, Amico R, Boodhram R, Singh N, Orrell C, Friedland G, Naidoo K, Padayatchi N, O'Donnell MR, Clin Infect Dis. (2022), ciac232. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac232:.

Low-frequency HIV-1 drug resistance mutations in antiretroviral naive individuals in Botswana.
Maruapula D, Seatla KK, Morerinyane O, Molebatsi K, Giandhari J, de Oliveira T, Musonda RM, Leteane M, Mpoloka SW, Rowley CF, Moyo S, Gaseitsiwe S, Medicine (Baltimore) (2022), 101(28):e29577. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000029577:.

Identification of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant using spike gene target failure and genotyping assays, Gauteng, South Africa, 2021.
Subramoney K, Mtileni N, Bharuthram A, Davis A, Kalenga B, Rikhotso M, Maphahlele M, Giandhari J, Naidoo Y, Pillay S, Ramphal U, Ramphal Y, Tegally H, Wilkinson E, Mohale T, Ismail A, Mashishi B, Mbenenge N, de Oliveira T, Makatini Z, Fielding BC, Treurnicht FK, J Med Virol. (2022), 4(8):3676-3684. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27797:.

Outcomes of laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Omicron-driven fourth wave compared with previous waves in the Western Cape Province, South Africa..
Davies MA, Kassanjee R, Rousseau P, Morden E, Johnson L, Solomon W, Hsiao NY, Hussey H, Meintjes G, Paleker M, Jacobs T, Raubenheimer P, Heekes A, Dane P, Bam JL, Smith M, Preiser W, Pienaar D, Mendelson M, Naude J, Schrueder N, Mnguni A, Le Roux S, Murie K, Prozesky H, Mahomed H, Rossouw L, Wasserman S, Maughan D, Boloko L, Smith B, Taljaard J, Symons G, Ntusi NAB, Parker A, Wolter N, Jassat W, Cohen C, Lessells R, Wilkinson RJ, Arendse J, Kariem S, Moodley M, Wolmarans M, Cloete K, Boulle A, Trop Med Int Health (2022), 27(6):564-573. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13752:.

Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages BA.4 and BA.5 in South Africa.
Tegally H, Moir M, Everatt J, Giovanetti M, Scheepers C, Wilkinson E, Subramoney K, Moyo S, Amoako D, Althaus C, Anyaneji U, Kekana D, Viana R, Giandhari J, Maponga T, Maruapula D, Choga W, Mayaphi S, Mbhele N, Gaseitsiwe S, Msomi N, Naidoo Y, Pillay S, Sanko T, San J, Scott L, Singh L, Magini N, Smith-Lawrence P, Stevens W, Dor G, Tshiabuila D, Wolter N, Preiser W, Treurnicht F, Venter M, Davids M, Chiloane G, Mendes A, McIntyre C, O'Toole A, Ruis C, Peacock T, Roemer C, Williamson C, Pybus O, Bhiman J, Glass A, Martin D, Rambaut A, Gaseitsiwe S, von Gottberg A, Baxter C, Lessells R, de Oliveira T, Nature Medicine (2022), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-01911-2:.

Urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing nomenclature for monkeypox virus.
Happi C, Adetifa I, Mbala P, Njouom R, Nakoune E, Happi A, Ndodo N, Ayansola O, Mboowa G, Bedford T, Neher RA, Roemer C, Hodcroft E, Tegally H, ’Toole A, Rambaut A, Pybus O, Kraemer MUG, Wilkinson E, Isidro J, Borges V, Pinto M, Gomes JP, Baxter C, Lessells R, Ogwell AE, Kebede Y, Tessema SK, de Oliveira T, Virological (2022), https://virological.org/t/urgent-need-for-a-non-discriminatory-and-non-stigmatizing-nomenclature-for-monkeypox-virus/853:.

Tracking the 2022 monkeypox outbreak with epidemiological data in real-time.
Kraemer MUG, Tegally H, Pigott DM, Dasgupta A, Sheldon J, Wilkinson E, Schultheiss M, Han A, Oglia M, Marks S, Kanner J, O’Brien K, Dandamudi S, Rader B, Sewalk K, Bento AI, Scarpino SV, de Oliveira T, Bogoch II, Katz R, Brownstein JS, , The Lancet Infectious Diseases (2022), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00359-0:.

An early warning system for emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Subissi L, von Gottberg A, Thukral L, Worp N, Oude Munnink BB, Rathore S, Abu-Raddad LJ, Aguilera X, Alm E, Archer BN, Attar Cohen H, 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, Gaseitsiwe S, Ghedin E, Grant R, Haagmans BL, Herring BL, Iyer SS, Kassamali Z, Kakkar M, Kondor RJ, Leite JA, Leo Y, Leung GM, Marklewitz M, Moyo S, Mendez-Rico J, Melhem NM, Munster V, Nahapetyan K, Oh D, Pavlin BI, Peacock TP, Peiris M, Peng Z, Poon LLM, Rambaut A, Sacks J, Shen Y, Siqueira MM, Tessema SK, Volz EM, Thiel V, van der Werf S, Briand S, Perkins MD, Van Kerkhove MD, Koopmans MPG, Agrawal A, Nature Medicine (2022), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-01836-w:.

Infectious diseases science in Africa takes a leading place in the world.
de Oliveira T, The Lancet (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00977-1I:.

Omicron infection enhances Delta antibody immunity in vaccinated persons.
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The geography and inter-community configuration of new sexual partnership formation in a rural South African population over fourteen years (2003–2016).
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A Retrospective Overview of Zika Virus Evolution in the Midwest of Brazil..
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HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-2: Patterns in the evolution of two pandemic pathogens..
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Acquired HIV drug resistance and virologic monitoring in a HIV hyper-endemic setting in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa..
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The political theatre of the UK’s travel ban on South Africa.
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Track Omicron’s spread with molecular data.
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Africa: tackle HIV and COVID-19 together.
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The biological and clinical significance of emerging SARS- CoV-2 variants.
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A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa .
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Short Report: Early genomic detection of SARS-CoV-2 P.1 variant in Northeast Brazil.
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Promoting Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) During Brazilian Activities of Genomic and Epidemiological Surveillance of Arboviruses.
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Betacoronaviruses genome analysis reveals evolution toward specific codons usage: Implications for SARS-CoV-2 mitigation strategies.
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Short report: Introduction of chikungunya virus ECSA genotype into the Brazilian Midwest and its dispersion through the Americas.
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Genomic Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection Involving E484K Spike Mutation, Brazil.
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Field and classroom initiatives for portable sequence-based monitoring of dengue virus in Brazil.
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Peer-mediated HIV assisted partner services to identify and link to care HIV-positive and HCV-positive people who inject drugs: a cohort study protocol.
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Epidemiologic History and Genetic Diversity Origins of Chikungunya and Dengue Viruses, Paraguay.
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Efficacy of NVX-CoV2373 Covid-19 Vaccine against the B.1.351 Variant.
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Multiplex qPCR discriminates variants of concern to enhance global surveillance of SARS-CoV-2.
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Genomic surveillance activities unveil the introduction of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.525 variant of interest in Brazil: Case report.
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Genomic evidence of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection case with the emerging B.1.2 variant in Brazil.
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Transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 within-host diversity in two major hospital outbreaks in South Africa.
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Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2.
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SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Concern naming scheme conducive for global discourse.
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Persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection and intra-host evolution in association with advanced HIV infection.
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Cross-Reactive Neutralizing Antibody Responses Elicited by SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 (B.1.351).
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Multiple Early Introductions of SARS-CoV-2 to Cape Town, South Africa.
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A novel variant of interest of SARS-CoV-2 with multiple spike mutations detected through travel surveillance in Africa.
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New SARS-CoV-2 Variants — Clinical, Public Health, and Vaccine Implications.
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Appropriate names for COVID-19 variants.
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Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) Covid-19 vaccine against the B.1.351 variant in South Africa.
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Voices of Biotech Research.
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Emergence of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern with mutations in spike glycoprotein.
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Epidemiology and evolution of Zika virus in Minas Gerais, Southeast Brazil.
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SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 escapes neutralization by South African COVID-19 donor plasma.
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Dengue Virus Serotype 2 Intrahost Diversity in Patients with Different Clinical Outcomes.
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Chikungunya virus ECSA lineage reintroduction in the northeasternmost region of Brazil.
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Sixteen novel lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa.
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Escape of SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 variants from neutralization by convalescent plasma.
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Co-Circulation of Two Independent Clades and Persistence of CHIKV-ECSA Genotype during Epidemic Waves in Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil. .
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Pan-genomics of virus and its applications.
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Emergence and rapid spread of a new severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage with multiple spike mutations in South Africa.
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Reduced efficacy of HIV-1 integrase inhibitors in patients with drug resistance mutations in reverse transcriptase.
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HIV infection alters SARS-CoV-2 responsive immune parameters but not clinical outcomes in COVID-19 disease.
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High Resolution analysis of Transmission Dynamics of Sars-Cov-2 in Two Major Hospital Outbreaks in South Africa Leveraging Intrahost Diversity.
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Cost-effectiveness of public health strategies for COVID-19 epidemic control in South Africa: a microsimulation modelling study.
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Portable sequencing in the field and the classroom: a retrospective examination of the circulation of DENV1 and DENV2 in Brazil.
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Adding a Voice to the Unique Ethical Considerations in Molecular HIV Surveillance.
Mutenherwa F, Wassenaar D, de Oliveira T, The American Journal of Bioethics (2020), https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2020.1806399:.

Detection of Inducible Replication-Competent HIV-1 Subtype C Provirus Despite Long-Term Antiretroviral Treatment in Perinatally Infected Adolescents in Botswana.
Koofhethile CK, Moyo S, Kotokwe KP, Chang C, Mokgethi P, Muchoba L, Mokgweetsi S, Makhema J, Lockman S, Gaseitsiwe S, de Oliveira T, Essex M, Shapiro R, Kanki P, Novitsky V, AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2020), doi: 10.1089/AID.2020.0097:.

Next Generation Sequencing and Bioinformatics Analysis of Family Genetic Inheritance.
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Impact of pretreatment low-abundance HIV-1 drug-resistant variants on virological failure among HIV-1/TB-co-infected individuals.
Chimukangara B, Giandhari J, Lessells J, Yende-Zuma N, Sartorius B, Samuel R, Khanyile KS, Stray-Pedersen B, Moodley P, Metzner KJ, Padayatchi N, Naidoo K, de Oliveira T, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2020), 75, 11:3319–3326, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkaa343.

Unlocking the efficiency of genomics laboratories with robotic liquid-handling.
Tegally H, San JE, Giandhari J, de Oliveira T, BMC Genomics (2020), 729:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-07137-1.

Fatal outcome of chikungunya virus infection in Brazil.
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Yellow fever transmission in non-human primates, Bahia, Northeastern Brazil.
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Accelerating genomics-based surveillance for COVID-19 response in Africa.
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A genomics network established to respond rapidly to public health threats in South Africa.
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Exposure to waste sites and their impact on health: a panel and geospatial analysis of nationally representative data from South Africa, 2008–2015.
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Neurocognitive functioning in MDR-TB patients with and without HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Opportunities and Challenges in HIV Treatment as Prevention Research: Results from the ANRS 12249 Cluster-Randomized Trial and Associated Population Cohort.
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Spatial clustering of food insecurity and its association with depression: a geospatial analysis of nationally representative South African data, 2008–2015.
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HIV incidence declines in a rural South African population: a G-imputation approach for inference.
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Attitude and preferences towards oral and long-acting injectable antipsychotics in patients with psychosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Roopun KR, Tomita A, Paruk S, South African Journal of Psychiatry (2020), 6(0), a1509. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/sajpsychiatry. v26i0.1509:.

Whole Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2: Adapting Illumina Protocols for Quick and Accurate Outbreak Investigation During a Pandemic.
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Early transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa: An epidemiological and phylogenetic report.
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Protocol: Leveraging a demographic and health surveillance system for Covid-19 Surveillance in rural KwaZulu-Natal.
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The ongoing COVID-19 epidemic in Minas Gerais, Brazil: insights from epidemiological data and SARS-CoV-2 whole genome sequencing.
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Pervasive and non-random recombination in near full-length HIV genomes from Uganda.
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Sampling bias and incorrect rooting make phylogenetic network tracing of SARS-COV-2 infections unreliable.
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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.
Kim HY, Zishiri V, Page-Shipp L, Makgopa S, Churchyard GJ, Dowdy D, Charalambous S, Hoffmann CJ, Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. (2020), 24(3):295-302. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.19.0214:.

Breaking a Couple: Disulfide Reducing Agents.
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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.
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Impact of community piped water coverage on re-infection with urogenital schistosomiasis in rural South Africa.
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Nine newly identified individuals refine the phenotype associated with MYT1L mutations.
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The Pharmaceutical Industry in 2019. An Analysis of FDA Drug Approvals from the Perspective of Molecules.
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Maternal variants within the apolipoprotein L1 gene are associated with preeclampsia in a South African cohort of African ancestry.
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Genome-wide Association Study Identifies HLA-DPB1 as a Significant Risk Factor for Severe Aplastic Anemia.
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Migration and first-year maternal mortality among HIV-positive postpartum women: A population-based longitudinal study in rural South Africa.
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Genomic and Epidemiological Surveillance of Zika Virus in the Amazon Region.
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Genome Detective Coronavirus Typing Tool for rapid identification and characterization of novel coronavirus genomes.
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Genome-wide Association Study Identifies HLA-DPB1 as a Significant Risk Factor for Severe Aplastic Anemia.
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Current Affairs of Microbial Genome-Wide Association Studies: Approaches, Bottlenecks and Analytical Pitfalls.
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Quantifying HIV transmission flow between high-prevalence hotspots and surrounding communities: a population-based study in Rakai, Uganda.
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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.
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Persistence of chikungunya ECSA genotype and local outbreak in an upper medium class neighborhood in Northeast Brazil.
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Return of the founder Chikungunya virus to its place of introduction into Brazil is revealed by genomic characterization of exanthematic disease cases..
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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.
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Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of a New Series of Thiazolidine-2,4-diones Carboxamide and Amino Acid Derivatives.
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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..
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Declines in HIV incidence among men and women in a South African population-based cohort.
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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.
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Trends in HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Incidence in a Hyperendemic Area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa .
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Yellow fever virus re-emergence and spread in Southeast Brazil, 2016-2019.
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Recent levels and trends in HIV incidence rates among adolescent girls and young women in ten high-prevalence African countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Birdthistle I, Tanton C, Tomita A, de Graaf K, Schaffnit SB, Tanser F, Slaymaker E, Lancet Global Health (2019), 7: e1521–40:.

Ethical issues associated with HIV molecular epidemiology: a qualitative exploratory study using inductive analytic approaches.
Mutenherwa F, Wassenaar DR, de Oliveira T, BMC Medical Ethics (2019), 20:67, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-019-0403-9:.

Mosquito-Borne Viral Diseases: Control and Prevention in the Genomics Era.
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Investigating Triorthogonal Chemoselectivity. Effect of Azide Substitution on the Triazine Core..
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The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Perinatal Substance Use Behaviour in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa..
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Space-time clustering of recently diagnosed tuberculosis and impact of ART scale-up: Evidence from an HIV hyper-endemic rural South African population.
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Whole genome sequencing for drug-resistant tuberculosismanagement in South Africa: What gaps would this address andwhat are the challenges to implementation?.
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The clinical presentation caused by truncating CHD8 variants..
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Phylodynamic analyses of Brazilian antigenic variants of infectious bursal disease virus.
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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.
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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.

Neurocognitive Impairment Risk Among Individuals With Multiple Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coinfection: Implications for Systematic Linkage to and Retention of Care in Tuberculosis/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Treatment..
Tomita A, Ramlall S, Naidu T, Mthembu SS, Padayatchi N, Burns JK, J Nerv Ment Dis (2019), 207(4):307-310.

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:.

Effects of Migration on Risky Sexual Behavior and HIV Acquisition in South Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, 2000-2017..
Dzomba A, Tomita A, Govender K, Tanser F, AIDS Behav. (2019), doi: 10.1007/s10461-018-2367-z:.

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:.

Effect of ART scale-up and female migration intensity on risk of HIV acquisition: results from a population-based cohort in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Dzomba A, Tomita A, Vandormael A, Govender K, Tanser F, BMC Public Health (2019), 19(1):196:doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6494-x.

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.

Sociobehavioral and community predictors of unsuppressed HIV viral load: multilevel results from a hyperendemic rural South African population.
Tomita A, Vandormael A, Bärnighausen T, Phillips A, Pillay D, De Oliveira T, Tanser F, AIDS (2019), 33(3):559–569.

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.

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:.

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

Relationship between HIV serostatus, CD4 count and rehospitalisation: Potential implications for health systems strengthening in South Africa.
Moodley Y, Tomita A, Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases (2016), 1(1):1-6.

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.

Deep Sequencing Analysis of Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Long Terminal Repeat 5' Region from Patients with Tropical Spastic Paraparesis/Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1-Associated Myelopathy and Asymptomatic Carriers..
Rego FF, de Oliveira T, Giovanetti M, Galvao-Castro B, Goncalves MS, Alcantara LC., AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses (2016), 32(3):279-83.

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 .

History and origin of the HIV-1 subtype C epidemic in South Africa and the greater southern African region.
Wilkinson E, Engelbrecht S, de Oliveira T, Scientific Reports (2015), 5:16897. doi: 10.1038/srep16897.

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.

Use of antiretroviral therapy in households and risk of HIV acquisition in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2004-12: a prospective cohort study.
Vandormael A, Newell ML, Barnighausen T, Tanser F, Lancet Global Health (2014), 2:e209-215.

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.

Detection of Transmission Clusters of HIV-1 Subtype C over a 21-Year Period in Cape Town, South Africa.
Wilkinson E, Engelbrecht S, de Oliveira T, PLoS One (2014), 9(10):doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109296.

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.

Implementing HIV-1 Genotypic Resistance Testing in Antiretroviral Therapy Programs in Africa: Needs, Opportunities, and Challenges.
Lessells RJ, Avalos A, de Oliveira T, AIDS Reviews (2013), 15:221-229.

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.

Dramatic increases in HIV prevalence after scale-up of antiretroviral treatment: a longitudinal population-based HIV surveillance study in rural Kwazulu-Natal.
Zaidi J, Grapsa E, Tanser F, Newell M-L, Barnighausen T, AIDS (2013), 27(14):2301-2305.

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-Levels of Acquired Drug Resistance in Adult Patients Failing First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy in a Rural HIV Treatment Programme in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Manasa J, Lessells RJ, Skingsley A, Naidu KK, Newell M-L, McGrath N, de Oliveira T, PLoS One (2013), 8(8):e72152.

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.

In-house human immunodeficiency virus-1 genotype resistance testing to determine highly active antiretroviral therapy resistance mutations in Hong Kong.
Chen JH, Wong KH, Li PC, Chan KK, Lee MP, To SW, Yam WC , Hong Kong Med J (2012), 18:20-24.

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.

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.

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.

Evaluation of the Partec flow cytometer against the BD FACSCalibur system for monitoring immune responses of human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients in Zimbabwe.
Manasa J, Musabaike H, Masimirembwa C, Burke E, Luthy R, Mudzori J, Clin Vaccine Immunol (2007), 14(3):293-8.

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.

Re-mapping the molecular features of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 Brazilian sequences using a bioinformatics unit established in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, to give support to the viral epidemiology studies.
de Queiroz AT, Mota-Miranda AC, de Oliveira T, Moreau DR, Urpia Cde C, Carvalho CM, Galvao-Castro B, Alcantara LC, Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz (2007), 102(2):133-9.

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.

Phylodynamic analysis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in distinct brain compartments provides a model for the neuropathogenesis of AIDS.
Salemi M, Lamers SL, Yu S, de Oliveira T, Fitch WM, McGrath MS, J Virol (2005), 79(17):11343-52.

Management of hepatitis B co-infection in human immunodeficiency virus infected subjects.
Lessells R, Leen CLS, Eur J Clin Micro ID (2004), 23(5):366-374.

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.

An integrated genetic data environment (GDE)-based LINUX interface for analysis of HIV-1 and other microbial sequences.
De Oliveira T, Miller R, Tarin M, Cassol S, Bioinformatics (2003), 19(1):153-4.

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.

Molecular cloning and functional analysis of three type D endogenous retroviruses of sheep reveal a different cell tropism from that of the highly related exogenous jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus.
Palmarini M, Hallwirth C, York D, Murgia C, de Oliveira T, Spencer T, Fan H, J Virol (2000), 74(17):8065-76.

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:.