A Kovacs

Summary

Affiliation: University of Southern California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Determinants of HIV-1 shedding in the genital tract of women
    A Kovacs
    Maternal Child and Adolescent HIV Management and Research Center, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
    Lancet 358:1593-601. 2001
  2. ncbi Cytomegalovirus infection and HIV-1 disease progression in infants born to HIV-1-infected women. Pediatric Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Complications of Vertically Transmitted HIV Infection Study Group
    A Kovacs
    Maternal Child HIV Management and Research Center, Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
    N Engl J Med 341:77-84. 1999
  3. ncbi Longitudinal variability of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA viral load measurements by nucleic acid sequence-based amplification and NucliSens assays in a large multicenter study
    M J Nowicki
    University of Southern California, Pediatrics, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 39:3760-3. 2001
  4. ncbi Defective response to Toll-like receptor 3 and 4 ligands by activated monocytes in chronic hepatitis C virus infection
    M C Villacres
    Maternal, Child and Adolescent Center for Infectious Diseases and Virology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
    J Viral Hepat 15:137-44. 2008
  5. ncbi Efficacy of zidovudine and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) hyperimmune immunoglobulin for reducing perinatal HIV transmission from HIV-infected women with advanced disease: results of Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group protocol 185
    E R Stiehm
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1752, USA
    J Infect Dis 179:567-75. 1999
  6. ncbi The use of second-generation antipsychotics and the changes in physical growth in children and adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV
    Suad Kapetanovic
    Department of Psychiatry, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    AIDS Patient Care STDS 23:939-47. 2009
  7. ncbi Discontinuation of potent antiretroviral therapy: predictive value of and impact on CD4 cell counts and HIV RNA levels
    L Ahdieh Grant
    Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    AIDS 15:2101-8. 2001
  8. ncbi Low prevalence of antiretroviral resistance among persons recently infected with human immunodeficiency virus in two US cities
    P S Sullivan
    Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Int J STD AIDS 13:554-8. 2002
  9. ncbi A menstrual cycle pattern for cytokine levels exists in HIV-positive women: implication for HIV vaginal and plasma shedding
    L Al-Harthi
    Department of Immunology/Microbiology at Rush-Presbyterian St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    AIDS 15:1535-43. 2001
  10. ncbi Long-term effects of highly active antiretroviral therapy on CD4+ cell evolution among children and adolescents infected with HIV: 5 years and counting
    Kunjal Patel
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 46:1751-60. 2008

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Publications11

  1. ncbi Determinants of HIV-1 shedding in the genital tract of women
    A Kovacs
    Maternal Child and Adolescent HIV Management and Research Center, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
    Lancet 358:1593-601. 2001
    ..We aimed to assess the relation between HIV-1 shedding (RNA or culturable virus) in female genital secretions and other factors that might affect HIV-1 shedding...
  2. ncbi Cytomegalovirus infection and HIV-1 disease progression in infants born to HIV-1-infected women. Pediatric Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Complications of Vertically Transmitted HIV Infection Study Group
    A Kovacs
    Maternal Child HIV Management and Research Center, Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
    N Engl J Med 341:77-84. 1999
    ....
  3. ncbi Longitudinal variability of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA viral load measurements by nucleic acid sequence-based amplification and NucliSens assays in a large multicenter study
    M J Nowicki
    University of Southern California, Pediatrics, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 39:3760-3. 2001
    ..Results indicate that HIV-1 RNA levels can be measured with a precision equal to that of the pre-highly active antiretroviral therapy era (standard deviations, +/-0.16 to 0.25 log10 units)...
  4. ncbi Defective response to Toll-like receptor 3 and 4 ligands by activated monocytes in chronic hepatitis C virus infection
    M C Villacres
    Maternal, Child and Adolescent Center for Infectious Diseases and Virology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
    J Viral Hepat 15:137-44. 2008
    ..In women with existing HIV co-infection, decreased cytokine function of antigen-presenting cells suggests another mechanism contributing to immune dysfunction in addition to the HIV-associated CD4 defect...
  5. ncbi Efficacy of zidovudine and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) hyperimmune immunoglobulin for reducing perinatal HIV transmission from HIV-infected women with advanced disease: results of Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group protocol 185
    E R Stiehm
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1752, USA
    J Infect Dis 179:567-75. 1999
    ....
  6. ncbi The use of second-generation antipsychotics and the changes in physical growth in children and adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV
    Suad Kapetanovic
    Department of Psychiatry, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    AIDS Patient Care STDS 23:939-47. 2009
    ..Future research should investigate the interaction between PIs and SGAs in children and adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV infection...
  7. ncbi Discontinuation of potent antiretroviral therapy: predictive value of and impact on CD4 cell counts and HIV RNA levels
    L Ahdieh Grant
    Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    AIDS 15:2101-8. 2001
    ..Side-effects were the most common reason for discontinuation and CD4 cell count declines were larger among those who did not cite side-effects as the reason for discontinuation...
  8. ncbi Low prevalence of antiretroviral resistance among persons recently infected with human immunodeficiency virus in two US cities
    P S Sullivan
    Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Int J STD AIDS 13:554-8. 2002
    ..04). The findings suggest that the prevalence of resistance-associated mutations among persons recently infected with HIV in these cities is low...
  9. ncbi A menstrual cycle pattern for cytokine levels exists in HIV-positive women: implication for HIV vaginal and plasma shedding
    L Al-Harthi
    Department of Immunology/Microbiology at Rush-Presbyterian St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    AIDS 15:1535-43. 2001
    ....
  10. ncbi Long-term effects of highly active antiretroviral therapy on CD4+ cell evolution among children and adolescents infected with HIV: 5 years and counting
    Kunjal Patel
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 46:1751-60. 2008
    ....
  11. ncbi Insulin-like growth factor-1 and lean body mass in HIV-infected children
    Caroline J Chantry
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis Medical Center, 2516 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 48:437-43. 2008
    ....