Publications

Pharmacodynamics of vancomycin for CoNS infection: experimental basis for optimal use of vancomycin in neonates

15 Dec, 2016

Authors: Ramos-Martin R , Johnson A, Livermore J, et al. Published in: J Antimicrob Ther 2016;71(4):992-1002
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Prevalence of depressive symptoms in pregnant and postnatal HIV-positive women in Ukraine: a cross-sectional survey

12 Dec, 2016

Authors: Bailey H, Malyuta R, Townsend C, Cortina Borja M, Thorne C for the Ukraine European Collaborative Study in EuroCoord. Published in: Reprod Health. 2016;22(3):13-27. Background Perinatal depression among HIV-positive…
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Zika virus: what have we learned?

10 Dec, 2016

Authors: Safadi MA Published in: Amer J Perinatol.2016; 33(11): 1029-1031 Abstract Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging arthropod-borne, enveloped RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family, which belongs to the genus Flavivirus, related to…
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Outcome of dengue in hospitalized jamaican children

03 Dec, 2016

Authors: Davidson T., Vickers I., Christie CD Published in: West Indian Med J 2016;65(3);442-449 Background Dengue fever is hyper-endemic in Jamaica with exponential rates of infection in successive outbreaks. The…
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Chikungunya in Jamaica – public health effects and clinical features in children

03 Dec, 2016

Authors: Christie CD, Melbourne-Chambers R, Ennevor J, et al. Published in: West Indian Med J 2016;65(3);431-437 Background Chikungunya virus entered the Caribbean for the first time in 2013 and Jamaica experienced…
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Emergence of Zika virus epidemic and the national response in Jamaica

03 Dec, 2016

Authors: Webster-Kerr K, Christie CDC, Grant A, et al. Published in: West Indian Med J. 2016;65(1):243-249 Background Jamaica, along with the Americas, experienced major epidemics of arboviral diseases transmitted by the Aedes…
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Prolonged shedding of Zika virus associated with congenital infection

03 Dec, 2016

Authors: Oliveira DB, Almeida FJ, Durigon EL, et al. Published in: N Engl J Med. 2016. 22;375(12):1202-4 The presence of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has been associated with microcephaly in…
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Unravelling the paediatric and perinatal Zika virus epidemic through population-based research

03 Dec, 2016

Authors: Christie CD, Giaquinto C Published in: West Indian Med J.2016;65(1):239-242 Abstract Zika virus epidemic now involves 72 countries, worldwide. Transmission is multimodal through mosquito bites and blood and body…
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Zika virus infection in pregnant women in Barcelona, Spain

03 Dec, 2016

Authors: Bocanegra C, Sulleiro E, Soriano-Arandes A, et al. Published in: Clin Microbiol Infect. 2016;22(7):648-50 This case series of two pregnant women infected with the Zika virus in Barcelona, Spain…
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Data sharing – A code of conduct for data on epidemics

03 Dec, 2016

Authors: Capua I Published in: Nature. 2016;16;534(7607):326 This correspondence urges Brazil to speed up reforms to current biosecurity legislation, enabling sharing of vital Zika virus samples and information.
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Zika virus outbreak in Haiti in 2014: molecular and clinical data

03 Dec, 2016

Authors: Kednicky J, Beau De Rochars VM, El Badry M, et al. Published in: PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016;10(4):e0004687 Background Zika virus (ZIKV), first isolated in Uganda in 1947, is…
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Zika virus and neurological disease—approaches to the unknown

03 Dec, 2016

Authors: Solomon T, Baylis M, Brown D. Published in: Lancet Infect Dis. 2016;16(4):402-404 This article comments on the origins and consequences of recent Zika virus outbreaks, highlighting the urgent need…
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Brazil’s scientists scramble to solve the Zika puzzle

03 Dec, 2016

Author: Bispo A Published in: Bull World Health Organ. 2016;94:165–166 In this interview, Anna Bispo describes the history of Zika virus in Brazil, including its potential links to an increase…
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Tuberculosis in HIV-infected children in Europe, Thailand and Brazil: paediatric TB-HIV EuroCoord study

20 Nov, 2016

Authors: Turkova A, Chappell E, Chalermpantmetagul S, et al. Published in: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2016;20(11):1448-1456. Setting Centres participating in the Paediatric European Network for Treatment of AIDS (PENTA), including Thailand…
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Safety of darunavir and atazanavir in HIV-infected children in Europe and Thailand

12 Nov, 2016

Authors: European Pregnancy and Paediatric HIV Cohort Collaboration (EPPICC) study group in EuroCoord. Published in: Antivir Ther. 2016; 21(4): 353-8 Background Surveillance for mid- and long-term antiretroviral therapy (ART) toxicity in children is important for…
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Interventions to improve treatment, retention and survival outcomes for adolescents with perinatal HIV-1 in high- and middle-income countries: Moving on up.

11 Nov, 2016

Authors: Judd A, Sohn A, Collins J. Published in: Curr Opin HIV AIDS 2016;11(5):477-486. Purpose of review There is an increasing number of deaths among adult survivors of perinatal HIV. Multiple and…
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Prevalence and effect of pre-treatment drug resistance on the virological response to antiretroviral treatment initiated in HIV-infected children – a EuroCoord-CHAIN-EPPICC joint project.

08 Nov, 2016

Authors: Ngo-Giang-Huong N, Wittkop L, Judd A, et al. For EuroCoord-CHAIN-EPPICC joint project study group. Published in: BMC Infect Dis. 2016;16(1):654. Background Few studies have evaluated the impact of pre-treatment drug resistance (PDR) on response to combination antiretroviral…
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Editorial Overview: Virus–vector interactions

03 Sep, 2016

Authors: Kramer LD, Long MT Published in: Curr Opin Virol. 2016 Dec;21:v-vi  
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