2022
Long-term quantitative assessment of anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike protein immunogenicity (QUASI) after COVID-19 vaccination in older people living with HIV (PWH)
Tuan JJ, Zapata H, Barakat L, Andrews L, Behnegar A, Kim YW, Kayani J, Mutic S, Ryall L, Turcotte B, Critch-Gilfillan T, Zhao M, Salahuddin S, Gupta S, Sutton R, Friedland G, Emu B, Ogbuagu O. Long-term quantitative assessment of anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike protein immunogenicity (QUASI) after COVID-19 vaccination in older people living with HIV (PWH). BMC Infectious Diseases 2022, 22: 744. PMID: 36131232, PMCID: PMC9491266, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-022-07737-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell responsesAnti-spike IgGVisit 3SARS-CoV-2Older PWHVisit 2Immune responseSingle-center longitudinal observational studyVirus-specific T cell responsesVaccine-induced humoral immunityLong-term protective immunityT cell immune responsesOlder peopleMedian age 61RBD IgG levelsPrimary study outcomeCOVID-19 vaccinationImmune response evaluationLongitudinal observational studyCOVID-19 vaccineWilcoxon signed-rank testBNT162b2 boosterBNT162b2 vaccinationCD8 responsesDetectable CD4Managing COVID-19 going forward—the lessons from history
Bucala R, Friedland G, Snowden F. Managing COVID-19 going forward—the lessons from history. QJM 2022, 115: 649-650. PMID: 35262710, PMCID: PMC9383561, DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcac065.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Preventing COVID-19 Collateral Damage
Shepherd J, Friedland G. Preventing COVID-19 Collateral Damage. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 71: 1564-1567. PMID: 32544952, PMCID: PMC7337641, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa772.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConfronting Another Pandemic: Lessons from HIV can Inform Our COVID-19 Response
Edelman EJ, Aoun-Barakat L, Villanueva M, Friedland G. Confronting Another Pandemic: Lessons from HIV can Inform Our COVID-19 Response. AIDS And Behavior 2020, 24: 1977-1979. PMID: 32399798, PMCID: PMC7215127, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-020-02908-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research