A brief history and advancement of contraceptive multipurpose prevention technology (cMPT) products

S Dohadwala, JA Politch, JH Barmine… - Open Access Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The high incidence of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and an unmet
need for modern contraception resulting in a high unintended pregnancy rate, are major …

HIV-1 entry and prospects for protecting against infection

JF Bruxelle, N Trattnig, MW Mureithi, E Landais… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human Immunodeficiency Virus type-1 (HIV-1) establishes a latent viral reservoir soon after
infection, which poses a major challenge for drug treatment and curative strategies. Many …

Phylogenetic approach to recover integration dates of latent HIV sequences within-host

BR Jones, NN Kinloch, J Horacsek… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Given that HIV evolution and latent reservoir establishment occur continually within-host,
and that latently infected cells can persist long-term, the HIV reservoir should comprise a …

Existence of replication-competent minor variants with different coreceptor usage in plasma from HIV-1-infected individuals

Y Maeda, T Takemura, T Chikata, T Kuwata… - Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cell entry by HIV-1 is mediated by its principal receptor, CD4, and a coreceptor, either CCR5
or CXCR4, with viral envelope glycoprotein gp120. Generally, CCR5-using HIV-1 variants …

Pharmacogenomic implications of the evolutionary history of infectious diseases in Africa

JL Baker, D Shriner, AR Bentley… - The pharmacogenomics …, 2017 - nature.com
As the common birthplace of all human populations, modern humans have lived longer on
the African continent than in any other geographical region of the world. This long history …

Frequency of the CCR5-delta32 allele in Brazilian populations: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

WHV Silva-Carvalho, RR de Moura… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The CCR5 is a chemokine receptor widely expressed by several immune cells that are
engaged in inflammatory responses. Some populations have individuals exhibiting a 32 bp …

HIV-1 infection in persons homozygous for CCR5-Δ32 allele: the next case and the review

J Smoleń-Dzirba, M Rosińska, J Janiec… - AIDS …, 2017 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
CC-chemokine receptor 5 serves as the coreceptor for the HIV-1 R5 strains, which are
responsible for the majority of HIV transmissions. A deletion of 32 nucleotides in the gene …

Cell and gene therapy strategies to eradicate HIV reservoirs

C Spragg, HDS Feelixge… - Current Opinion in HIV and …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Cell and gene therapy strategies to eradicate HIV reservoirs : Current Opinion in HIV and
AIDS Cell and gene therapy strategies to eradicate HIV reservoirs : Current Opinion in HIV …

Inferring the multiplicity of founder variants initiating HIV-1 infection: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis

J Baxter, S Langhorne, T Shi, DC Tully… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background HIV-1 infections initiated by multiple founder variants are characterised by a
higher viral load and a worse clinical prognosis than those initiated with single founder …

Deep sequencing increases hepatitis C virus phylogenetic cluster detection compared to Sanger sequencing

V Montoya, A Olmstead, P Tang, D Cook… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Effective surveillance and treatment strategies are required to control the hepatitis C virus
(HCV) epidemic. Phylogenetic analyses are powerful tools for reconstructing the …