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List of works by Athena P. Kourtis

2GETHER - The Dual Protection Project: Design and rationale of a randomized controlled trial to increase dual protection strategy selection and adherence among African American adolescent females

scientific article published on 19 December 2016

A lipid-based nutrient supplement mitigates weight loss among HIV-infected women in a factorial randomized trial to prevent mother-to-child transmission during exclusive breastfeeding

scientific article published on 18 January 2012

A randomized clinical trial on the effects of progestin contraception in the genital tract of HIV-infected and uninfected women in Lilongwe, Malawi: Addressing evolving research priorities

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Addition of 7 Days of Zidovudine Plus Lamivudine to Peripartum Single-Dose Nevirapine Effectively Reduces Nevirapine Resistance Postpartum in HIV-Infected Mothers in Malawi

scientific article published on August 1, 2010

Adherence to extended postpartum antiretrovirals is associated with decreased breast milk HIV-1 transmission

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Antiretroviral Drug Use during Pregnancy and Risk of Premature Delivery: Is There a Connection?

scientific article published on 01 April 2010

Antiretroviral Drugs During Breastfeeding for the Prevention of Postnatal Transmission of HIV-1

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Antiretroviral Treatment Is Associated With Iron Deficiency in HIV-Infected Malawian Women That Is Mitigated With Supplementation, but Is Not Associated With Infant Iron Deficiency During 24 Weeks of Exclusive Breastfeeding

scientific article published in July 2015

Antiretroviral Use During Pregnancy and Risk of Preterm Delivery: More Questions Than Answers

scientific article published on 01 August 2011

Antiretroviral pharmacokinetics in mothers and breastfeeding infants from 6 to 24 weeks post-partum: results of the BAN Study

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Association of HIV-1 Envelope-Specific Breast Milk IgA Responses with Reduced Risk of Postnatal Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1

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Association of Progestin Contraceptive Implant and Weight Gain

scientific article published on 4 February 2016

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Breast milk CD4+ T cells express high levels of C chemokine receptor 5 and CXC chemokine receptor 4 and are preserved in HIV-infected mothers receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy

scientific article published on 20 February 2007

Breast milk and HIV-1: vector of transmission or vehicle of protection?

scientific article published on December 2003

CLOSTRIDIUM TERTIUM MENINGITIS AS THE PRESENTING SIGN OF A MENINGOCELE IN A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD

scientific article published on 01 May 1997

Cesarean delivery for HIV-infected women: recommendations and controversies

scientific article published on September 2007

Changes in soluble transferrin receptor and hemoglobin concentrations in Malawian mothers are associated with those values in their exclusively breastfed, HIV-exposed infants

scientific article published on 31 December 2013

Children with sickle cell disease and human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection: use of inpatient care services in the United States

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Complications of cesarean deliveries among HIV-infected women in the United States

scientific article published in November 2014

Complications of common gynecologic surgeries among HIV-infected women in the United States

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Condom Use With Long-Acting Reversible Contraception vs Non-Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Hormonal Methods Among Postpartum Adolescents

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Contraception for HIV-Infected Adolescents

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Contraceptive availability during an emergency response in the United States

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Contraceptive methods and risk of HIV acquisition or female-to-male transmission

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Correlation of virus load and soluble L-selectin, a marker of immune activation, in pediatric HIV-1 infection

scientific article published in November 2000

Cryptococcus neoformans as a cause of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia

scientific article published on 19 February 2010

Cytomegalovirus IgG Level and Avidity in Breastfeeding Infants of HIV-Infected Mothers in Malawi

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Cytomegalovirus Infection in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Exposed and HIV-Infected Infants: A Systematic Review

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Delayed HIV detection among infants exposed to postnatal antiretroviral prophylaxis during breastfeeding

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Diabetes trends among delivery hospitalizations in the U.S., 1994-2004.

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Diabetes trends in hospitalized HIV-infected persons in the United States, 1994-2004.

scientific article published in September 2009

Differential expression of CD26 on virus-specific CD8(+) T cells during active, latent and resolved infection

scientific article published on 22 July 2008

Does tenofovir gel or do other microbicide products affect detection of biomarkers of semen exposure in vitro?

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Eating disorders among delivery hospitalizations: prevalence and outcomes

scientific article published in November 2008

Ebola Virus Disease: Focus on Children

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Effect of Postnatal HIV Treatment on Clinical Mastitis and Breast Inflammation in HIV-Infected Breast-feeding Women

scientific article published on 16 February 2017

Effect of Pregnancy on Response to Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Infected African Women

scientific article published on 13 October 2016

Effect of cytomegalovirus infection on breastfeeding transmission of HIV and on the health of infants born to HIV-infected mothers

scientific article published in April 2015

Effect of lubricants and a vaginal spermicide gel on the detection of prostate specific antigen, a biomarker of semen exposure, using a quantitative (Abbott ARCHITECT) assay

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Effect of topical vaginal products on the detection of prostate-specific antigen, a biomarker of semen exposure, using ABAcards

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Effectiveness of hormonal contraception in HIV-infected women using antiretroviral therapy

scientific article published on November 2015

Effects of Different HIV Strains on Thymic Epithelial Cultures

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Effects of cotrimoxazole prophylactic treatment on adverse health outcomes among HIV-exposed, uninfected infants

scientific article published on August 2012

Effects of initiating a contraceptive implant on subsequent condom use: A randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 13 June 2015

Evaluating nurses' implementation of an infant-feeding counseling protocol for HIV-infected mothers: The Ban Study in Lilongwe, Malawi

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Evaluation of a volunteer community-based health worker program for providing contraceptive services in Madagascar

scientific article published on 15 June 2013

Factors Associated with Contraceptive Use Differ between Younger and Older African-American Female Adolescents.

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Frequent nevirapine resistance in infants infected by HIV-1 via breastfeeding while on nevirapine prophylaxis

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Full-Term Small-for-Gestational-Age Newborns in the U.S.: Characteristics, Trends, and Morbidity

scientific article published on 8 August 2016

HIV-1 and Breastfeeding: Biology of Transmission and Advances in Prevention

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HIV-HBV coinfection--a global challenge

scientific article published on May 2012

Health outcomes of HIV-exposed uninfected African infants

scientific article published in March 2013

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Load Response to 2 Antiviral Regimens, Tenofovir/Lamivudine and Lamivudine, in HIV/ HBV-Coinfected Pregnant Women in Guangxi, China: The Tenofovir in Pregnancy (TiP) Study

scientific article published on 22 September 2016

Hepatitis B virus infection among HIV-infected pregnant women in Malawi and transmission to infants

scientific article published on 6 November 2013

Hospitalizations for Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Among HIV-1–Infected Adolescents and Adults in the United States in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy and the Conjugate Pneumococcal Vaccine

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Hospitalizations for invasive pneumococcal disease among human immunodeficiency virus-1 infected children, adolescents and young adults in the United States in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy and the conjugate pneumococcal vaccine

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Hospitalizations of pregnant HIV-infected women in the USA prior to and during the era of HAART, 1994-2003.

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Hospitalizations of pregnant HIV-infected women in the United States in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).

scientific article published on March 2007

Hospitalizations with amphetamine abuse among pregnant women

scientific article published in February 2008

Hospitalizations with respiratory illness among pregnant women during influenza season

scientific article published in June 2006

Host factors that influence mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1: genetics, coinfections, behavior and nutrition

scientific article published on 24 November 2011

IMMUNOLOGY OF HIV INFECTION IN THE FETUS AND NEWBORN

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Impact of Health Insurance Type on Trends in Newborn Circumcision, United States, 2000 to 2010

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Impact of daily cotrimoxazole on clinical malaria and asymptomatic parasitemias in HIV-exposed, uninfected infants

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Increased natural antibody activity in sera of patients with malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphomas containing paraproteins

scientific article published on 01 August 1994

Influenza and Pregnant Women: Hospitalization Burden, United States, 1998–2002

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

Integrating family planning and prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in resource-limited settings

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Limited evolution of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in the thymus of a perinatally infected child

scientific article published in March 2010

Lipid-based nutrient supplements are feasible as a breastmilk replacement for HIV-exposed infants from 24 to 48 weeks of age.

scientific article published on 06 March 2013

Low absolute neutrophil counts in African infants

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Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus: an emerging obstetric pathogen?

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Maternal and Breastmilk Viral Load: Impacts of Adherence on Peripartum HIV Infections Averted-The Breastfeeding, Antiretrovirals, and Nutrition Study

scientific article published on December 2016

Maternal and fetal outcomes among women with depression

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Maternal and infant antiretroviral regimens to prevent postnatal HIV-1 transmission: 48-week follow-up of the BAN randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 26 April 2012

Maternal or infant antiretroviral drugs to reduce HIV-1 transmission

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Maternal weight loss during exclusive breastfeeding is associated with reduced weight and length gain in daughters of HIV-infected Malawian women

scientific article published on 22 May 2013

Modifications of a large HIV prevention clinical trial to fit changing realities: a case study of the Breastfeeding, Antiretroviral, and Nutrition (BAN) protocol in Lilongwe, Malawi

scientific article published on 07 September 2008

Monoclonal and/or Oligoclonal Immunoglobulins in Sera of Patients with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas, Determined by Iso-Electric Focusing and Immunoblotting

scientific article published in January 1991

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1: timing and implications for prevention

scientific article published on November 2006

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV: pathogenesis, mechanisms and pathways

scientific article published in December 2010

National estimates of hospital use by children with HIV infection in the United States: analysis of data from the 2000 KIDS Inpatient Database

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Neutrophil count in African mothers and newborns and HIV transmission risk

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Optimal methods for collecting and storing vaginal specimens for prostate-specific antigen testing in research studies

scientific article published on 31 October 2012

PERSISTENT CANDIDEMIA IN A PREMATURE INFANT TREATED WITH FLUCONAZOLE

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

Parenting Among Adolescents and Young Adults with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in the United States: Challenges, Unmet Needs, and Opportunities

scientific article published on July 2016

Peripheral thromboembolism associated with Malassezia Furfur sepsis

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

Plasma Micronutrient Concentrations Are Altered by Antiretroviral Therapy and Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements in Lactating HIV-Infected Malawian Women

scientific article published on 8 July 2015

Plasma and breast-milk selenium in HIV-infected Malawian mothers are positively associated with infant selenium status but are not associated with maternal supplementation: results of the Breastfeeding, Antiretrovirals, and Nutrition study

scientific article published on 05 February 2014

Poisoning hospitalisations among reproductive-aged women in the USA, 1998-2006.

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Pooled individual data analysis of 5 randomized trials of infant nevirapine prophylaxis to prevent breast-milk HIV-1 transmission

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Preface. Perinatal HIV infection

scientific article published in December 2010

Pregnancy and Infection

scientific article published on 01 September 2014

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among human immunodeficiency virus-1-infected pregnant women in Malawi: the BAN study

scientific article published on 2 June 2012

Prevention of Mother‐to‐Child Transmission of HIV‐1 through Breast‐Feeding: Past, Present, and Future

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Prevention of human immunodeficiency virus-1 transmission to the infant through breastfeeding: new developments

scientific article published on September 2007

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV type 1: the role of neonatal and infant prophylaxis

scientific article published on February 2015

Prevention of perinatal HIV transmission: a review of novel strategies

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Prevention of sexually transmitted human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in adolescents

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Recent Biomarker-Confirmed Unprotected Vaginal Sex, But Not Self-reported Unprotected Sex, Is Associated With Recurrent Bacterial Vaginosis

scientific article published on March 2016

Recent trends in hepatic diseases during pregnancy in the United States, 2002-2010.

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Recommendations for human immunodeficiency virus screening, prophylaxis, and treatment for pregnant women in the United States

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Reconstitution of thymic function in HIV-1 patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy

scientific article published in February 2003

Reducing lost to follow-up in a large clinical trial of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: the Breastfeeding, Antiretrovirals and Nutrition study experience

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Reducing the risk of mother-to-child human immunodeficiency virus transmission: past successes, current progress and challenges, and future directions

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Relationship between social cognitive theory constructs and self-reported condom use: assessment of behaviour in a subgroup of the Safe in the City trial

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Role of antibiotics in reducing childhood mortality in resource-poor settings

scientific article published in May 2016

Role of intestinal mucosal integrity in HIV transmission to infants through breast-feeding: the BAN study

scientific article published on 17 May 2013

Route of delivery and neonatal birth trauma

scientific article published on 15 January 2010

SHIV-KB9 Infection of Rhesus Monkeys Does Not Always Cause Disease-Contribution of Host Immune Factors and Thymic Output

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Safety of tenofovir during pregnancy for the mother and fetus: a systematic review

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Soluble l-selectin, a marker of immune activation, in neonatal infection

scientific article published on 01 November 2003

Sporadic contraceptive use and nonuse: age-specific prevalence and associated factors

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T-lymphocyte profile and total and virus-specific immunoglobulin concentrations in the cervix of HIV-1-infected women

scientific article published in March 2007

Tale of a Toothpick: Eikenella corrodens Osteomyelitis

scientific article published on 01 September 2000

Tenofovir use and renal insufficiency among pregnant and general adult population of HIV-infected, ART-naïve individuals in Lilongwe, Malawi

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The Effects of Different HIV Type 1 Strains on Human Thymic Function

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The effect of cotrimoxazole prophylactic treatment on malaria, birth outcomes, and postpartum CD4 count in HIV-infected women

scientific article published on 05 December 2013

The missing link: documentation of recognized maternal human immunodeficiency virus infection in exposed infant birth records, 24 United States jurisdictions, 1999-2003.

scientific article published on September 2007

The reproductive health behaviors of HIV-infected young women in the United States: A literature review

scientific article published on December 2013

The thymus during HIV disease: role in pathogenesis and in immune recovery

scientific article published on April 2004

The use of biomarkers of semen exposure in sexual and reproductive health studies

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Time of HIV diagnosis in infants after weaning from breast milk

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Treatment of meningitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with linezolid

scientific article published in June 2007

Trends in Pregnancy-Related and Delivery Hospitalizations Among HIV-Infected Adolescents, 1994 to 2004

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Trends in contraceptive use according to HIV status among privately insured women in the United States.

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Trends in hospitalizations of HIV-infected children and adolescents in the United States: analysis of data from the 1994-2003 Nationwide Inpatient Sample

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Trends in hospitalizations of pregnant HIV-infected women in the United States: 2004 through 2011.

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Trends in hospitalizations with psychiatric diagnoses among HIV-infected women in the USA, 1994-2004.

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Use of Dual Methods for Protection from Unintended Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Adolescent African American Women

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Use of antiretroviral therapy in pregnant HIV-infected women and the risk of premature delivery: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on March 2007

Use of human CD3 monoclonal antibody for accurate CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocyte determinations in macaques: Phenotypic characterization of the CD3-CD8+ cell subset

scientific article published on 01 December 2001

Use of single-dose nevirapine for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1: does development of resistance matter?

scientific article published on September 2007

Various Viral Compartments in HIV-1-Infected Mothers Contribute to In Utero Transmission of HIV-1

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Vascular Graft Infection Due to Pasteurella multocida

scientific article published on 01 April 2004