Journal articles 2008 - 2011

• Myers J, Young T, Galloway M, Manyike P, Tucker T. A public health approach to the impact of climate change on health in Southern Africa - identifying priority modifiable risks. SAMJ. 2011 Nov; 101(11): 817-20.

• Myers J, Young T, Galloway M, Manyike P, Tucker T. Responding to climate change in southern Africa - the role of research. SAMJ. 2011 Nov; 101 (11): 820-22.

• Zembe L, Burgers WA, Jaspan HB, Bekker LG, Bredell H, Stevens G, Gilmour J, Cox JH, Fast P, Hayes P, Vardas E, Williamson C, Gray CM. Intra- and Inter-clade Cross-reactivity by HIV-1 Gag Specific T-Cells Reveals exclusive and commonly targeted regions: Implications for current vaccine trials. PLoS One. 2011;6(10):e26096. Epub 2011 Oct 12.

• Shen YJ, Shephard E, Douglass N, Johnston N, Adams C, Williamson C, Williamson AL. A novel candidate HIV vaccine vector based on the replication deficient Capripoxvirus, Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV). Virol J. 2011 May 30;8:265

• Chopera D.R., Mlotshwa M., Woodman Z., Mlisana K., de Assis Rosa D, Martin D.P., Abdool Karim S., Gray C.M., Williamson C. and the CAPRISA 002 Study Team. Virological and Immunological Factors Associated with HIV-1 Differential Disease Progression in HLA-B*58:01 Positive Individuals. J. Virol. 2011 Jul;85(14):7070-7080. Epub 2011 May.

• Zampoli M, Morrow B, Hsiao N-Y, Whitelaw A, Zar HJ. Prevalence and Outcome of Cytomegalovirus-associated Pneumonia in Relation to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. Pediatric Infect Dis Journal. 2011 May; 30 (5): 413-17.

• Albertyn C, van der Plas H, Hardie D, Candy S, Tomoka T, LeePan EB, Heckmann JM. Silent Casualties from the measles outbreak in South Africa. SAMJ. May 2011; 101 (5): 313-317.

• F. Mosha, W. Urassa, S. Aboud, E. Lyamuya, E. Sandstrom, H. Bredell, C. Williamson. Prevalence of Genotypic Resistance to Antiretroviral Drugs in Treatment-Naive Youths Infected with Diverse HIV Type 1 Subtypes and Recombinant Forms in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. April 2011; 27 (4):377-382.

• Hemelaar J., Gouws E., Ghys P.D., Osmanov S., & WHO-UNAIDS Network for HIV Isolation and Characterisation (including Williamson C.). Global trends in molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 during 2000-2007. AIDS, 2011 25(5):679-89.

• Moore PL, Gray ES, Sheward D, Madiga M, Ranchobe N, Lai Z, Honnen WJ, Nonyane M, Tumba N, Hermanus T, Sibeko S, Mlisana K, Abdool Karim SS, Williamson C, Pinter A, Morris L; and the CAPRISA 002 Study. Potent and Broad Neutralization of HIV-1 Subtype C by Plasma Antibodies Targeting a Quaternary Epitope Including Residues in the V2 Loop. J Virol. 2011 Apr;85(7):3128-41.

• Ssemwanga D, Lyagoba F, Ndembi N, Mayanga BN, Larke N, Wang S, Baalwa J, Williamson C, Grosskurth H, Kaleebu P. Multiple HIV-1 infections with evidence of recombination in heterosexual partnerships in a low risk Rural Clinical Cohort in Uganda. Virology J. 2011 March 01; 411(1): 113-131.

• Woodman Z, Mlisana K, Treurnicht F, Abrahams M-R, Thebus R, Abdool-Karim S and Williamson C for the CAPRISA Acute Infection Study Team. Short Communication Decreased Incidence of Dual Infections in South African Subtype C-Infected Women Compared to a Cohort Ten Years Earlier. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 2011 Feb 9. [Epub ahead of print]

• Gray ES, Madiga MC, Hermanus T, Moore PL, Wibmer CK, Tumba NL, Werner L, Mlisana K, Sibeko S, Williamson C, Abdool Karim SS, Morris L and the CAPRISA 002 study team. The neutralization breadth of HIV-1 develops incrementally over 4 years and is associated with CD4+ T cell decline and high viral load during acute infection. J. Virol. 2011, May;85(10):4828-40. Epub 2011 Mar 9.

• Nofemela A, Bandawe G, Thebus R, Marais J, Natasha Wood N, Maboko L, Hoelscher M, Woodman Z, Williamson C. Defining the HIV-1 transmission genetic bottleneck in a region with multiple circulating subtypes and recombinant forms. Virology 2011 Jul 5;415(2):107-13. Epub 2011 May 4

• Tanzer FL, Shephard EG, Palmer KE, Burger M, Williamson AL, Rybicki EP. The porcine circovirus type 1 capsid gene promoter improves antigen expression and immunogenicity in a HIV-1 plasmid vaccine. Virology Journal 2011 8:51 [Epub ahead of print]

• Rybicki EP, Williamson AL, Meyers A, Hitzeroth II. Vaccine farming in Cape Town. Hum Vaccin. 2011 Mar;7(3):339-48. Epub 2011 Mar 1.

• Chatterjee K, Williamson AL, Hoffman M, Dandara C. CASP8 promoter polymorphism is associated with high-risk HPV types and abnormal cytology but not with cervical cancer. J Med Virol. 2011 Apr;83(4):630-6.

• Auvert B, Marais D, Lissouba P, Zarca K, Ramjee G and Williamson A-L. High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Is Associated with HIV Acquisition among South African Female Sex Workers. Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2011, Article ID 692012.

• Olivier AJ, Liebenberg LJ, Coetzee D, Williamson AL, Passmore JS, Burgers WA. Isolation and characterization of T cells from semen. Journal of Immunological Methods 2011 Nov 10. [Epub ahead of print]

• Burgers WA, Manrique A, Masopust D, McKinnon L, Reynolds MR, Rolland M, Blish C, Chege GK, Curran R, Fischer W, Herrera C, Sather N. Measurements of immune responses for establishing correlates of vaccine protection against HIV. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses 2011 Sep 23. [Epub ahead of print]

• Mlotshwa M, Riou C, Chopera D, de Assis Rosa D, Ntale R, Treunicht F, Woodman Z, Werner L, van Loggerenberg F, Mlisana K, Abdool Karim S, Williamson C, Gray CM. Fluidity of HIV-1-specific T-cell responses during Acute and early subtype C HIV-1 infection and associations with early disease progression. Journal of Virology, (2010), 84 (22) 12018-12029.

• Saathoff E, Pritsch M, Geldmacher C, Hoffmann O, Koehler R N, Maboko , L, Maganga L, Geis S, McCutchan FE, Kijak GH, Kim JH, Arroyo MA, Gerhardt M, Tovanabutra S, Robb ML, Williamson C, Michael NL, Hoelscher M. Viral and Host Factors Associated With the HIV-1 Viral Load Setpoint in Adults From Mbeya Region, Tanzania. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, (2010), 54(3):324-331.

• Roberts L, Passmore JA, Williamson C, Little F, Bebell LM, Mlisana K, Burgers WA, van Loggerenberg F, Walzl G, Djoba Siawaya JF, Abdool Karim Q, Abdool Karim SS. Plasma cytokine levels during acute HIV-1 infection predict HIV disease progression. AIDS, (2010), Mar 27;24(6):819-31.

• Kraus MH, Parrish NF, Shaw KS, Decker JM, Keele BF, Salazar-Gonzalez JF, Grayson T, McPherson DT, Ping L-H, Anderson JA, Swanstrom R, Williamson C, Shaw GM, Beatrice H. Hahn BH. A rev1-vpu polymorphism unique to HIV-1 subtype A and C strains impairs envelope glycoprotein expression from rev-vpu-env cassettes and reduces virion infectivity in pseudotyping assays. Virology, (2010), Feb 20;397(2):346-57.

• Treurnicht FK, Seoighe C, Martin DP, Wood N, Abrahams M-R, de Assis Rosa D, Bredell H, Woodman Z, Hide W, Mlisana K, Abdool Karim S, Williamson C. Adaptive changes in HIV-1 subtype C proteins during early infection are driven by changes in HLA-associated immune pressure. Virology. (2010) Jan 20;396(2):213-25.

• Chatterjee K, Dandara C, Gullyensten U, van der Merwe L, Galal U, Hoffman M and Williamson A-L. "A Fas Gene Polymorphism Influences Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection in South African Women". Journal of Medical Virology, (2010). 82: 2082-2086.

• Chapman R, Chege G, Shephard E, Stutz H and Williamson A-L Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis BCG as an HIV Vaccine Vector. Current HIV Research, (2010), 8: 282-298

• Firnhaber C, Van Le H, Pettifor A, Schulze D, Michelow P, Sanne IM, Lewis DA, Williamson A-L, Allan B, Williams S, Rinas A, Levin S and Smith JS. Association between cervical dysplasia and human papillomavirus in HIV seropositive women from Johannesburg South Africa. Cancer Causes Control, (2010), 21: 433-443.

• Mbulawa ZZA, Marais DJ, Johnson LF, Boulle A, Coetzee D, and Williamson A-L. Influence of human immunodeficiency virus and CD4 count on the prevalence of human papillomavirus in heterosexual couples. Journal of General Virology, (2010), 91: 3023-3031.

• Lynch AG, Tanzer F, Fraser MJ, Shephard EG, Williamson A-L and Rybicki EP. Use of the piggyback transposon to create HIV-1 gag transgenic insect cell lines for continuous VLP production. BMC Biotechnology, (2010), 10:30 1-13.

• Bere A, Denny L, Hanekom W, Burgers WA and Passmore JS. Comparison of polyclonal expansion methods to improve the recovery of cervical cytobrush-derived T cells from the female genital tract of HIV-infected women. Journal of Immunological Methods, (2010), 354: (1-2) 68-79.

• Liebenberg LJ, Adedeji AL, Martin DP, Gumbi PP, Denny L and Passmore JS. C D57 expression by T cells in the female genital tract of HIV-zx1 infected women. Clinical Immunology, (2010), 135: (1) 282-298.

• Mkhize (nee Nonkwanyana) NN, Gumbi PP, Liebenberg LJ, Ren Y, Smith P, Denny L and Passmore JS. Persistence of Genital Tract T Cell Responses in HIV-Infected Women in Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy. Journal of Virology, (2010), 84: (20) 10765-10772.

• Wilkinson DE, Baylis SA, Padley D, Heath AB, Ferguson M, Pagliusi SR, Quint WC, Wheeler CM; Collaborative Study Group (including Williamson A-L and Allan B). Establishment of the 1st World Health Organisation International standards of human papillomavirus type 16 DNA and type 18 DNA. International Journal of Cancer, (2010), 126:12 2969-83.

• Eklund C, Zhou T, Dillner J, WHO Human Papillomavirus Laboratory Network (including Williamson A-L). Global proficiency study of hpv genotyping. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, (2010), 48:11 pg 4147-55.

• van der Plas H and D Hardie. Herpes simplex 1 and 2: a therapeutic approach South African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection, (2010), 25 (3) 5-9.

• Parpia ZA, Elghanian R, Nabatiyan A, Hardie DR, Kelso DM. P24 Antigen Rapid Test for diagnosis of Acute Pediatric HIV Infection. Journal of AIDS, (2010), 55:4 413-19.

• Wolpaw BJ, Mathews C, Chopra M, Hardie D, de Azevedo V, Jennings K and Lurie MN. The failure of routine rapid HIV testing: a case study of improving low sensitivity in the field. BMC Health Services Research. (2010), 10:73 1-4.

• Hardie DR. Human &gamma-herpesviruses: a review of 2 divergent paths to oncogenesis. Transfusion and Apheresis Science (online publication 25 January 2010)

• Corcoran C, Hardie D, Yeats J and Smuts H. Genetic variants of Human Parvovirus B19 in South Africa: co-circulation of three genotypes and Identification of a novel subtype of Genotype 1. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, (2010), 48 (1)137-142.

• Morrow BM, Hsaio NY, Zampoli M, Whitelaw A, Zar HJ. Pneumocystis pneumonia in South African children with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Pediatr Infect Dis J, (2010), Jun;29(6):5359.

• Zampoli M, Morrow BM, Hsaio NY, Whitelaw A, Zar HJ. Prevalence and Outcome of Cytomegalovirus-associated Pneumonia in Relation to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J,. (in press)

• Moore PL, Ranchobe N, Lambson BE, Gray ES, Cave E, Abrahams MR, Bandawe G , Mlisana K, Abdool Karim SS, Williamson C and Morris L, the CAPRISA 002 study and the NIAID Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI). Limited Neutralizing Antibody Specificities Drive Neutralization Escape in Early HIV-1 Subtype C Infection. Plos Pathogens, (2009), Sept 5(9) e1000598.24.

• Morris L, Williamson C, Mlisana K and Gray G. Where are we going with HIV vaccines? South African Journal of Science. (2009). 105, 2009:1-2.

• Woodman Z and Williamson C. HIV molecular epidemiology: transmission and adaptation to human populations. Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, (2009), 4:247-252.

• Burgers WA, Riou C, Mlotshwa M, Maenetje P, de Assis Rosa D, Brenchley J, Mlisana K, Douek DC, Koup R, Roederer M, de Bruyn G, Karim SA, Williamson C, Gray CM; and the CAPRISA 002 Acute Infection Study Team. Association of HIV-specific and total CD8+ T memory phenotypes in subtype C HIV-1 infection with viral set point. J Immunol. (2009), Apr 15;182(8):4751-61.

• Abrahams MR, Anderson JA, Giorgi EE, Seoighe C, Mlisana K, Ping LH, Athreya GS, Treurnicht FK, Keele BF, Wood N, Salazar-Gonzalez JF, Bhattacharya T, Chu H, Hoffman I, Galvin S, Mapanje C, Kazembe P, Thebus R, Fiscus S, Hide W, Cohen MS, Karim SA, Haynes BF, Shaw GM, Hahn BH, Korber BT, Swanstrom R, Williamson C; Quantitating the multiplicity of infection with HIV-1 subtype C reveals a non-Poisson distribution of transmitted variants. for the CAPRISA Acute Infection Study Team and the Center for HIV-AIDS Vaccine Immunology Consortium. Journal of Virology. (2009), April 83:8 3556-67.

• Burgers WA, Chege GK, Müller TL, van Harmelen JH, Khoury G, Shephard EG, Gray CM, Williamson C, Williamson AL. Broad, high-magnitude and multifunctional CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell responses elicited by a DNA and modified vaccinia Ankara vaccine containing human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C genes in baboons. Journal of General Virology. (2009), Feb;90(Pt 2):468-80.

• Nkwanyana NN, Gumbi PP, Roberts L, Denny L, Hanekom W, Soares A, Williamson A-L, Coetzee D, Burgers WA, and Passmore JS. 2009. Impact of HIV-1 infection and inflammation on composition and yield of cervical mononuclear cells in the female genital tract. Immunology. 2009 Sep;128(1 Suppl):e746-57.

• Naicker DD, Werner L, Kormuth E, Passmore JS, Mlisana K, Abdool Karim SS, Ndung'u T, and the CAPRISA Acute Infection Study Team. 2009. The Role of Interleukin-10 Promoter Polymorphisms in HIV-1 Susceptibility and Primary HIV-1 Pathogenesis. J Infect Dis. (2009) 200(3): 448-452 doi:10.1086/600072.

• Hitzeroth II, Passmore JS, Shephard E, Stewart D, Müller M, Williamson A-L, Rybicki EP, Kast WM. Immunogenecity of HPV-16 L2 DNA vaccine and impact on tumour growth. Vaccine. (2009), 27: 6432-4.

• Nkwanyana NN, Gumbi PP, Roberts L, Denny L, Hanekom W, Soares A, Allen B, Williamson A-L, Coetzee D, Olivier A, Burgers WA, Passmore JS. Impact of HIV-1 infection and inflammation on composition and yield of cervical mononuclear cells in the female genital tract. Immunology, (2009), 128:746-57.

• Burgers WA, Riou C, Mlotshwa M, de Assis Rosa D, Maenetje P, Brenchley J, Mlisana K, de Bruyn G, Douek DC, Koup R, Roederer M, Karim SS, Williamson C, Gray CM. Association of HIV-specific and total CD8+ T memory phenotypes in subtype C HIV-1 infection with viral set point. Journal of Immunology, (2009), 182:4751-61.

• Saida HM,Ahmeda K,Burnett R, Allan BR, Williamson A-L, Hoosena AA. HPV genotypes in women with squamous intraepithelial lesions and normal cervixes participating in a community-based microbicide study in Pretoria, South Africa. Journal of Clinical Virology, 2009, 44 318-321.

• Griffin S, Williamson A-L, Chapman R. Optimisation of a mycobacterial replicon increases foreign antigen expression in mycobacteria. Tuberculosis, (2009), May;89(3):225-32.

• Moodley JR, Constant D, Hoffman M, Salimo A, Allan B, Rybicki E, Hitzeroth I and Williamson A-L. Human papillomavirus prevalence, viral load and pre-cancerous lesions of the cervix in women initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: a cross-sectional study. BMC Cancer (2009), Aug 9:275.

• Pillay S, Meyers A, Williamson A-L, Rybicki EP. Optimization of Chimeric HIV-1 Virus-Like Particle Production in a Baculovirus-Insect Cell Expression System. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., (2009), 25: 1153-1160.

• Hitzeroth II, Passmore J-AS, Shephard E, Stewart D, Müller M, Williamson A-L, Rybicki EP, Kast WM. Immunogenicity of an HPV-16 L2 DNA vaccine. , (2009), Oct 30;27(46):6432-4.

• Chin'ombe N, Bourn WR, Williamson A-L and Shephard EG. Oral vaccination with a recombinant Salmonella vaccine vector provokes systemic HIV-1 subtype C Gag-specific CD4+ Th1 and Th2 cell immune responses in mice. Virol J., (2009), Jun 25;687.

• Carulei O, Douglass N and Williamson A-L. Phylogenetic analysis of three genes of Penguinpox virus corresponding to Vaccinia virus G8R (VLTF-1), A3L (P4b) and H3L reveals that it is most closely related to Turkeypox virus, Ostrichpox virus and Pigeonpox virus. Virology Journal, (2009), 6:52.

• Chege GK, Thomas R, Shephard EG, Meyers A, Bourn W, Williamson C, Maclean J, Gray CM, Rybicki EP, Williamson A-L. A prime-boost immunisation regimen using recombinant BCG and Pr55gag virus-like particle vaccines based on HIV type 1 subtype C successfully elicits Gag-specific responses in baboons. Vaccine, (2009), 27 4857-4866.

• Chin'ombe C, Bourn WR, Williamson A-L and Shephard EG. An oral recombinant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium mutant elicits systemic antigen-specific CD8+ T cell cytokine responses in mice. Gut Pathogens, (2009), 1:9.doi:10.1186/1757-4749-1-9.

• Drexler JF, Kupfer B, Petersen N, Grotto RMT, Rodrigues SMC, Grywna K, Panning M, Annan A, Silva, Douglas J, Koay ESC, Smuts H, Netto EM, Simmonds P, de Moura Campos Pardini MI, Roth WK, Drosten C. A Novel Diagnostic Target in the Hepatitis C Virus Genome. PLOS Medicin,e (2009), Feb 6:2 210 - 220.

• Marais DJ, Carrara H, Ramjee G, Kay P and Williamson A-L. HIV-1 Seroconversion Promotes Rapid Changes in Cervical Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Prevalence and HPV-16 Antibodies in Female Sex Workers. J Med Virol. 2009 Feb;81(2):203-10.

• Nkwanyana NN, Gumbi PP, Roberts L, Denny L, Hanekom W, Soares A, Allan B, Williamson A-L, Coetzee D, Olivier AJ, Burgers WA and Passmore J-A. Impact of human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection and inflammation on the on composition and yield of cervical mononuclear cells in the female genital tract. Immunology. (2009), Sept; 128(1pt2): e746-e757.

• Naicker D, Werner L, Kormuth E, Passmore J-A, Mlisana K, Abdool Karim S, Ndung'u T. Interleukin 10 promoter Polymorphisms Influence HIV-1 Susceptibility and Primary HIV-1 Pathogenesis. Journal of Infectious Diseases, (2009), Aug 200 448-452.

• Mbulawa ZZA, Coetzee D, Marais DJ, Kamupira M, Zwane E, Allan B, Constant D,Moodley JR, Hoffman M and Williamson A-L. Genital Human Papillomavirus Prevalence and Human Papillomavirus Concordance in Heterosexual Couples Are Positively Associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coinfection. JID, (2009), May 199:10 1514-24.

• Burgers WA, Chege GK, Muller TL, van Harmelen JH, Khoury G, Shephard EG, Gray CM, Williamson C, Williamson A-L.) Broad, high magnitude multifunctional CD8+ and CD4+ T cell responses elicited by a DNA and Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vaccine to HIV-1 subtype C. Journal of General Virology, (2009), 90:468-80.

• Gray CM, Mlotshwa M, Riou C, Mathebula T, de Assis Rosa D, Mashishi T, Seoighe C, Ngandu N, van Loggerenberg F, Morris L, Mlisana K, Williamson C, Karim SA; on behalf of the CAPRISA 002 Acute Infection Study Team. HIV-specific IFN&gamma-ELISPOT Responses targeting specific regions of the proteome during Primary Subtype C Infection are poor Predictors of the Course of Viraemia and Set Point. . Journal of Virology. (2009), Jan;83(1):470-8.

• Gumbi PP, Nkwanyana NN, Denny L, Bere A, Burgers WA, Gray C, Passmore JS. Impact of mucosal inflammation on cervical HIV-1 specific CD8 T cell responses and HIV shedding in the female genital tract during chronic HIV infection. Journal ofVirology (2008), 82:8529-36.

• Denny L, Boa R, Williamson A-L, Allan B, Hardie D, Ress S and Myer L Human Papillomavirus infection and cervical disease in Human immunodeficiency virus-1-infected women. Obstetrics and Gynaecology (2008). 111(6); 1380-87.

• Corcoran C, Rebe K, van der Plas H, Myer L and Hardie DR The predictive value of cerebrospinal fluid Epstein Barr viral load as a marker of primary central nervous system lymphoma in HIV-infected persons. Journal of Clinical Virology. (2008), 42 (4); 433-36

• Corcoran C and Hardie DR (2008) Seronegative AIDS, reply to Novitsky et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases. (2008), 46(2) 322-3.

• Goedhals J, Beukes CA, Hardie D. KSHV/HHV8 doesn't play a significant role in the development of plasmablastic lymphoma of the oral cavity. American Journal of Surgical Pathology. (2008), 32(1): 172.

• Bandawe GP, Martin DP, Treurnicht F, Mlisana K, Abdool Karim SS, Williamson C, Caprisa 002 Acute Infection Study Team T. Conserved positive selection signals in HIV-1 gp41 across multiple subtypes and difference in selection signals detectable in gp41 sequences sampled during acute and chronic HIV-1 subtype C infection. Journal of Virology, (2008), Nov 24;5(1):141.

• Kaleebu P, Abimiku A, El-Halabi S, Koulla-Shiro S, Mamotte N, Mboup S, Mugerwa R, Nkengasong J, Toure-Kane C, Tucker T, Wassenaar D, Williamson C, Wolday D. African AIDS Vaccine Programme for a Coordinated and Collaborative Vaccine Development Effort on the Continent. PLoS Medicine, (2008), Dec: 5(12).

• Beck I.A., Crowell C, Kittoe R, Bredell H, Machaba M, Willamson C, Janssens W, Jallow S, van der Groen G, Shao Y, Jacob M, Samuel NM, Lorenzana de Rivera I, Ngo-Giang-Huong N, Cassol S, Alemnji G, and Frenkel L.M. Optimization of the Oligonucleotide Ligation Assay (OLA), a Rapid and Inexpensive Test for Detection of HIV-1 Drug-Resistance Mutations, for Non-North American Variants. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.( 2008), Aug 1;48(4):418-27.

• van Loggerenberg F, Mlisana K, Williamson C, Auld S.C., Morris L, Gray C.M., Abdool Karim Q, Grobler A, Barnabas N, Iriogbe I, Abdool Karim S.S. for the CAPRISA 002 Acute Infection Study Team. Establishing a Cohort at High Risk of HIV Infection in South Africa: Challenges and Experiences of the CAPRISA 002 Acute Infection Study. Plos One, (2008), Apr: 3(4).

• Chege GK, Shephard EG, Meyers A, van Harmelen J, Williamson C, Lynch A, Gray CM, Rybicki EP, and Williamson A-L.. HIV-1 subtype C Pr55gag virus-like particle vaccine efficiently boosts baboons primed with a matched DNA vaccine. J. Gen. Virol. ( 2008, 89:2214-2227.

• Bebell LM, Passmore J-A, Williamson C, Mlisana K, Iriogbe I, van Loggerenberg F, Abdool Karim Q, Abdool Karim S. Relationship between Levels of Inflammatory Cytokines in the Genital Tract and CD4(+) Cell Counts in Women with Acute HIV-1 Infection. Journal of Infectious Diseases (2008,) Sep 1;198(5):710-714.

• Chopera DR, Woodman Z, Mlisana K, Mlotshwa M, Martin DP, Seoighe C, Treurnicht F, Assis de Rosa D, Hide W, Abdool Karim S, Gray CM, Williamson C, and the CAPRISA 002 study team. Transmission of HIV-1 CTL escape variants provides HLA-mismatched recipients with a survival advantage. PLoS Pathogens, (2008), Mar: 4(3). e1000033.

• Moore PL, Gray ES, Choge IA, Ranchobe N, Mlisana K, Abdool Karim SS, Williamson C, Morris L, CAPRISA 002 Study Team. The c3-v4 region is a major target of autologous neutralizing antibodies in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C infection. J Virol. (2008), Feb;82(4):1860-9.

• Burgers WA, Shephard E, Monroe JE, Greenhalgh T, Binder A, Hurter E, Van Harmelen JH, Williamson C, Williamson AL. Construction, Characterization, and Immunogenicity of a Multigene Modified Vacinia Ankara (MVA) Vaccine Based on HIV Type 1 Subtype C. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, (2008), Feb;24(2):195-206.

• Shephard E, Burgers WA, Van Harmelen JH, Monroe JE, Greenhalgh T, Williamson C, Williamson AL. A Multigene HIV Type 1 Subtype C Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA) Vaccine Efficiently Boosts Immune Responses to a DNA Vaccine in Mice. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, (2008), Feb;24(2);207-217.

• Mlisana, K, Auld SC, Grobler A, van Loggerenberg F, Williamson C, Iriogbe I, Sobieszcyk ME, Abdool Karim SS; for the CAPRISA Acute Infection Study Team. Anaemia in Acute HIV-1 Subtype C Infection. PLoS One. (2008), Feb;3(2):e1626.

• Martin DP, Shepherd D. and Rybicki, EP, Maize streak virus. In B.W.J. Mahy and M.H.V. van Regenmortel (eds). Encyclopedia of Virology, (2008), pp. 263-272.

• Allan BR, Marais DJ, Hoffman M, Shapiro S and Williamson A-L. Cervical Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection in South African women: implications for HPV screening and vaccine strategies. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, (2008), 4(2): 740-742.

• Chege G, Warren RM, Gey van Pittius NC, Burgers W, Wilkinson RJ, Shephard EG, and Williamson A-L. Detection of natural infection with Mycobacterium intracellulare in healthy wild-caught Chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) by ESAT6 and CFP-10 IFN-gamma ELISPOT tests following a tuberculosis outbreak. BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:27.

• Bebell LM, Passmore JS, Williamson C, Mlisana C, Iriogbe I, Loggerenberg F, Abdool Karim Q, Abdool Karim S.. Impact of elevated inflammatory cytokines in the female genital tract on CD4 destruction during acute HIV-1 infection. J. Infect. Dis. (2008),198, 710-14.

• Gumbi PP, Nkwanyana NN, Bere A, Burgers W, Williamson A-L, Coetzee D, Hoffman M, Gray C, Denny L, Passmore JS. Impact of mucosal inflammation on cervical HIV-1-specific CD8 T cell responses and HIV shedding in the female genital tract during chronic HIV infection. J.Virol. (2008). 82, 8529-36.

• Govan VA.. A novel vaccine for cervical cancer: quadrivalent human papillomavirus (types 6, 11, 16 and 18) recombinant vaccine (Gardasil). Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2008 Feb;4(1):65-70.

• Govan VA, Rybicki EP and Williamson A-L. Therapeutic immunisation of rabbits with cottontail rabbit papillomavirus (CRPV) virus-like particles (VLP) induces regression of established papillomas,. Virology Journal. (2008). 5:45 (online journal).

• Halsey R., Tanzer FL, Meyers AE, Pillay S, Lynch AG, Shephard EG, Williamson AL and Rybicki EP Chimaeric HIV-1 subtype C gag molecules with large in-frame C-terminal polypeptide fusions form virus-like particles. Virus Research, (2008). 133(2): 259-268.

• Kulkarni A, Pillay N, Kellaway LA and Kotwal GJ, Intracranial administration of vaccinia virus complement control protein in Mo/Hu APPswe PS1dE9 transgenic mice at an early age shows enhanced performance at a later age using a cheese board maze test. Biogerontology, (2008), 9(6): 405-420.

• Larke N, Wagner R, Williamson C, Williamson A-L, McMichael A-J and Hanke T. Combined single-clade candidate HIV-1 vaccines induce T cell responses limited by multiple forms of in vivo immune interference European. Journal of Immunology.(2007),.37: 566-577.

• Marais DJ, Constant D, Allan B, Carrara H, Hoffman M, Shapiro S, Morroni C, and Williamson A-L. Cervical Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection and HPV Type 16Antibodies in South African Women. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. (2008), Feb:46 (2): 732-739.

• Marais DJ, Passmore J-AS, Denny L, Sampson C, Allan BR and Williamson A-L. Cervical and Oral Human Papillomavirus Types in HIV-1 Positive and Negative Women with Cervical Disease in South Africa. Journal of Medical Virology. (2008), 80:953-959.

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