List of works - Claudia Balotta

An international collaboration to standardize HIV-2 viral load assays: results from the 2009 ACHI(E)V(2E) quality control study

scientific article

An outbreak of HIV-1 BC recombinants in Southern Italy

scientific article published on 13 September 2012

An outbreak of HIV-1 subtype G among Italian injecting drug users

scientific article published on May 2007

Cellular HIV-1 DNA levels in drug sensitive strains are equivalent to those in drug resistant strains in newly-diagnosed patients in Europe

scientific article

Changing patterns in HIV-1 non-B clade prevalence and diversity in Italy over three decades

scientific article

Clinical and immunological aspects of HIV infection in drug addicts.

scientific article

Comparison between HIV- and CMV-specific T cell responses in long-term HIV infected donors

article

Decreased function of Fas in patients displaying delayed progression of HIV-induced immune deficiency

scientific article published on January 2001

Early initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy fails to reverse immunovirological abnormalities in gut-associated lymphoid tissue induced by acute HIV infection

scientific article published on January 2009

Evidence of differential selection of HIV-1 variants carrying drug-resistant mutations in seroconverters

scientific article published on January 2006

Genotypic resistance tests for the management of the HIV-infected patient with non-B viral isolates

scientific article published on January 2003

Global Dispersal Pattern of HIV Type 1 Subtype CRF01_AE: A Genetic Trace of Human Mobility Related to Heterosexual Sexual Activities Centralized in Southeast Asia

scientific article published on 15 December 2014

HIV-1 A1 Subtype Epidemic in Italy Originated from Africa and Eastern Europe and Shows a High Frequency of Transmission Chains Involving Intravenous Drug Users

scientific article

HIV-1 subtype F1 epidemiological networks among Italian heterosexual males are associated with introduction events from South America ⬇️

scientific article

HIV-1 subtype distribution and its demographic determinants in newly diagnosed patients in Europe suggest highly compartmentalized epidemics

scientific article published on 14 January 2013

HIV-1 subtypes and circulating recombinant forms (CRFs) from HIV-infected patients residing in two regions of central and southern Italy

scientific article

High burden of transmitted HIV-1 drug resistance in Italian patients carrying F1 subtype

article

Homozygous delta 32 deletion of the CCR-5 chemokine receptor gene in an HIV-1-infected patient.

scientific article

Human immunodeficiency virus-1 B and non-B subtypes with the same drug resistance pattern respond similarly to antiretroviral therapy.

scientific article published on 22 December 2011

Identification of a new HIV-1 BC circulating recombinant form (CRF60_BC) in Italian young men having sex with men.

scientific article published on 3 March 2014

Identification of a possible ancestor of the subtype A1 HIV Type 1 variant circulating in the former Soviet Union

scientific article published in October 2008

Identification of the minimal conserved structure of HIV-1 protease in the presence and absence of drug pressure.

scientific article

Identification of two distinct subsets of long-term nonprogressors with divergent viral activity by stromal-derived factor 1 chemokine gene polymorphism analysis.

scientific article

Immunovirological response to triple nucleotide reverse-transcriptase inhibitors and ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitors in treatment-naive HIV-2-infected patients: The ACHIEV2E Collaboration Study Group

scientific article

Increase in transmitted resistance to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors among newly diagnosed HIV-1 infections in Europe

scientific article

Limited cross-border infections in patients newly diagnosed with HIV in Europe

scientific article published on 3 April 2013

Local and global spatio-temporal dynamics of HIV-1 subtype F1.

scientific article published on 12 October 2013

Low CD4 counts rather than superantigenic-like effects account for differences in expressed T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoires between HIV-1 seropositive long-term non-progressors and individuals with progressive disease

article

Low prevalence of primary mutations associated with drug resistance in antiviral-naive patients at therapy initiation.

scientific article

Minor mutations in HIV protease at baseline and appearance of primary mutation 90M in patients for whom their first protease-inhibitor antiretroviral regimens failed

scientific article

Modulation of the locomotory capacity of human large granular lymphocytes

scientific article published on 01 August 1986

Origin and evolutionary dynamics of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype E in Madagascar.

scientific article published on 12 January 2017

Origin and regulation of tumor-associated macrophages: the role of tumor-derived chemotactic factor

scientific article published on August 1986

Patterns of transmitted HIV drug resistance in Europe vary by risk group

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Phylogenetic analysis provides evidence of interactions between Italian heterosexual and South American homosexual males as the main source of national HIV-1 subtype C epidemics

scientific article published on 31 January 2014

Phylogenetic reconstruction of transmission events from individuals with acute HIV infection: toward more-rigorous epidemiological definitions

scientific article

Prevalence of HIV-1 primary drug resistance in seroconverters of the ICoNA cohort over the period 1996-2001.

scientific article published in June 2004

Prevalence of drug-resistant HIV-1 variants in untreated individuals in Europe: implications for clinical management

scientific article published on 15 August 2005

Prevalence of transmitted HIV-1 drug resistance and the role of resistance algorithms: data from seroconverters in the CASCADE collaboration from 1987 to 2003.

scientific article

Processivity and drug-dependence of HIV-1 protease

article

Quantitative evaluation of the recombinant HIV-1 phenotype to protease inhibitors by a single-step strategy.

scientific article published in June 2000

Recombination analysis and structure prediction show correlation between breakpoint clusters and RNA hairpins in the pol gene of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 unique recombinant forms

scientific article published in December 2008

Response to antiretroviral therapy in a patient with an uncommon codon 69 insertion in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase

scientific article published on June 2000

Risk of failure in patients with 215 HIV-1 revertants starting their first thymidine analog-containing highly active antiretroviral therapy

scientific article published on January 2004

Secondary mutations in the protease region of human immunodeficiency virus and virologic failure in drug-naive patients treated with protease inhibitor-based therapy

scientific article published on 30 August 2001

Soluble HIV suppressive factors: more than one Holy Grail?

scientific article published in July 1996

Subtype Assignment and Phylogenetic Analysis of HIV Type 1 Strains in Patients from Swaziland

article

Susceptibility to PNU-140690 (Tipranavir) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 isolates derived from patients with multidrug resistance to other protease inhibitors

scientific article published on May 2000

Telbivudine in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B: experience in HIV type-1-infected patients naive for antiretroviral therapy

scientific article published in January 2009

The Calculated Genetic Barrier for Antiretroviral Drug Resistance Substitutions Is Largely Similar for Different HIV-1 Subtypes

article

The global spread of HIV-1 subtype B epidemic

scientific article

The impact of transmitted drug resistance on the natural history of HIV infection and response to first-line therapy

scientific article published on January 2006

Tracing the HIV-1 subtype B mobility in Europe: a phylogeographic approach

scientific article published on 20 May 2009

Transmission of HIV Drug Resistance and the Predicted Effect on Current First-line Regimens in Europe

scientific article published on 29 November 2015

Transmission of drug-resistant HIV-1 is stabilizing in Europe

scientific article published in November 2009

Transmission of resistant HIV type 1 variants and epidemiological chains in Italian newly diagnosed individuals

scientific article

Transmitted HIV Type 1 Drug Resistance and Non-B Subtypes Prevalence among Seroconverters and Newly Diagnosed Patients from 1992 to 2005 in Italy

article

Treatment-associated polymorphisms in protease are significantly associated with higher viral load and lower CD4 count in newly diagnosed drug-naive HIV-1 infected patients

scientific article

Trends and correlates of HIV-1 resistance among subjects failing an antiretroviral treatment over the 2003-2012 decade in Italy

scientific article

Trends and predictors of transmitted drug resistance (TDR) and clusters with TDR in a local Belgian HIV-1 epidemic

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

List of works by Claudia Balotta

An international collaboration to standardize HIV-2 viral load assays: results from the 2009 ACHI(E)V(2E) quality control study

An outbreak of HIV-1 BC recombinants in Southern Italy

An outbreak of HIV-1 subtype G among Italian injecting drug users

Cellular HIV-1 DNA levels in drug sensitive strains are equivalent to those in drug resistant strains in newly-diagnosed patients in Europe

Changing patterns in HIV-1 non-B clade prevalence and diversity in Italy over three decades

Clinical and immunological aspects of HIV infection in drug addicts.

Comparison between HIV- and CMV-specific T cell responses in long-term HIV infected donors

Decreased function of Fas in patients displaying delayed progression of HIV-induced immune deficiency

Early initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy fails to reverse immunovirological abnormalities in gut-associated lymphoid tissue induced by acute HIV infection

Evidence of differential selection of HIV-1 variants carrying drug-resistant mutations in seroconverters

Genotypic resistance tests for the management of the HIV-infected patient with non-B viral isolates

Global Dispersal Pattern of HIV Type 1 Subtype CRF01_AE: A Genetic Trace of Human Mobility Related to Heterosexual Sexual Activities Centralized in Southeast Asia

HIV-1 A1 Subtype Epidemic in Italy Originated from Africa and Eastern Europe and Shows a High Frequency of Transmission Chains Involving Intravenous Drug Users

HIV-1 subtype F1 epidemiological networks among Italian heterosexual males are associated with introduction events from South America ⬇️

HIV-1 subtype distribution and its demographic determinants in newly diagnosed patients in Europe suggest highly compartmentalized epidemics

HIV-1 subtypes and circulating recombinant forms (CRFs) from HIV-infected patients residing in two regions of central and southern Italy

High burden of transmitted HIV-1 drug resistance in Italian patients carrying F1 subtype

Homozygous delta 32 deletion of the CCR-5 chemokine receptor gene in an HIV-1-infected patient.

Human immunodeficiency virus-1 B and non-B subtypes with the same drug resistance pattern respond similarly to antiretroviral therapy.

Identification of a new HIV-1 BC circulating recombinant form (CRF60_BC) in Italian young men having sex with men.

Identification of a possible ancestor of the subtype A1 HIV Type 1 variant circulating in the former Soviet Union

Identification of the minimal conserved structure of HIV-1 protease in the presence and absence of drug pressure.

Identification of two distinct subsets of long-term nonprogressors with divergent viral activity by stromal-derived factor 1 chemokine gene polymorphism analysis.

Immunovirological response to triple nucleotide reverse-transcriptase inhibitors and ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitors in treatment-naive HIV-2-infected patients: The ACHIEV2E Collaboration Study Group

Increase in transmitted resistance to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors among newly diagnosed HIV-1 infections in Europe

Limited cross-border infections in patients newly diagnosed with HIV in Europe

Local and global spatio-temporal dynamics of HIV-1 subtype F1.

Low CD4 counts rather than superantigenic-like effects account for differences in expressed T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoires between HIV-1 seropositive long-term non-progressors and individuals with progressive disease

Low prevalence of primary mutations associated with drug resistance in antiviral-naive patients at therapy initiation.

Minor mutations in HIV protease at baseline and appearance of primary mutation 90M in patients for whom their first protease-inhibitor antiretroviral regimens failed

Modulation of the locomotory capacity of human large granular lymphocytes

Origin and evolutionary dynamics of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype E in Madagascar.

Origin and regulation of tumor-associated macrophages: the role of tumor-derived chemotactic factor

Patterns of transmitted HIV drug resistance in Europe vary by risk group

Phylogenetic analysis provides evidence of interactions between Italian heterosexual and South American homosexual males as the main source of national HIV-1 subtype C epidemics

Phylogenetic reconstruction of transmission events from individuals with acute HIV infection: toward more-rigorous epidemiological definitions

Prevalence of HIV-1 primary drug resistance in seroconverters of the ICoNA cohort over the period 1996-2001.

Prevalence of drug-resistant HIV-1 variants in untreated individuals in Europe: implications for clinical management

Prevalence of transmitted HIV-1 drug resistance and the role of resistance algorithms: data from seroconverters in the CASCADE collaboration from 1987 to 2003.

Processivity and drug-dependence of HIV-1 protease

Quantitative evaluation of the recombinant HIV-1 phenotype to protease inhibitors by a single-step strategy.

Recombination analysis and structure prediction show correlation between breakpoint clusters and RNA hairpins in the pol gene of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 unique recombinant forms

Response to antiretroviral therapy in a patient with an uncommon codon 69 insertion in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase

Risk of failure in patients with 215 HIV-1 revertants starting their first thymidine analog-containing highly active antiretroviral therapy

Secondary mutations in the protease region of human immunodeficiency virus and virologic failure in drug-naive patients treated with protease inhibitor-based therapy

Soluble HIV suppressive factors: more than one Holy Grail?

Subtype Assignment and Phylogenetic Analysis of HIV Type 1 Strains in Patients from Swaziland

Susceptibility to PNU-140690 (Tipranavir) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 isolates derived from patients with multidrug resistance to other protease inhibitors

Telbivudine in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B: experience in HIV type-1-infected patients naive for antiretroviral therapy

The Calculated Genetic Barrier for Antiretroviral Drug Resistance Substitutions Is Largely Similar for Different HIV-1 Subtypes

The global spread of HIV-1 subtype B epidemic

The impact of transmitted drug resistance on the natural history of HIV infection and response to first-line therapy

Tracing the HIV-1 subtype B mobility in Europe: a phylogeographic approach

Transmission of HIV Drug Resistance and the Predicted Effect on Current First-line Regimens in Europe

Transmission of drug-resistant HIV-1 is stabilizing in Europe

Transmission of resistant HIV type 1 variants and epidemiological chains in Italian newly diagnosed individuals

Transmitted HIV Type 1 Drug Resistance and Non-B Subtypes Prevalence among Seroconverters and Newly Diagnosed Patients from 1992 to 2005 in Italy

Treatment-associated polymorphisms in protease are significantly associated with higher viral load and lower CD4 count in newly diagnosed drug-naive HIV-1 infected patients

Trends and correlates of HIV-1 resistance among subjects failing an antiretroviral treatment over the 2003-2012 decade in Italy

Trends and predictors of transmitted drug resistance (TDR) and clusters with TDR in a local Belgian HIV-1 epidemic