2001
Development and Application of a Genotypic AZT Resistance Assay: Quantitative Assessment of the Resistance Profile of Clinical Samples and the Relative Predictive Ability of a Resistance Index.
Kyriakides TC, Heimer RR. Development and Application of a Genotypic AZT Resistance Assay: Quantitative Assessment of the Resistance Profile of Clinical Samples and the Relative Predictive Ability of a Resistance Index. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2001, 28: 211. PMID: 11694826, DOI: 10.1097/00042560-200111010-00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsViral loadCD4 countResistance indexAZT resistanceResistance profilesBaseline viral loadHIV disease progressionLigase chain reaction assayMonths of treatmentWild-type HIV-1Resistance assaysAntiretroviral therapyDisease progressionSurrogate markerChain reaction assaysHIV-1PatientsAZTPredictive abilityClinical samplesReaction assaysCountAssaysRelative predictive abilityFurther supportDevelopment and Application of a Genotypic AZT Resistance Assay
Kyriakides T, Heimer R. Development and Application of a Genotypic AZT Resistance Assay. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2001, 28: 211-220. DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200111010-00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchViral loadCD4 countAZT resistanceResistance indexResistance profilesBaseline viral loadHIV disease progressionLigase chain reaction assayMonths of treatmentResistance assaysAntiretroviral therapyDisease progressionSurrogate markerChain reaction assaysHIV-1PatientsAZTPredictive abilityReaction assaysCountAssaysFurther supportIndexAntiretroviralsHIV
1999
Survival of HIV-1 in Syringes
Abdala N, Stephens C, Griffith B, Heimer R. Survival of HIV-1 in Syringes. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 1999, 20: 73-80. PMID: 9928733, DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199901010-00011.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Reactivity of Human Sera to Different Strains of Granulocytic Ehrlichiae in Immunodiagnostic Assays
Magnarelli L, IJdo J, Dumler J, Heimer R, Fikrig E. Reactivity of Human Sera to Different Strains of Granulocytic Ehrlichiae in Immunodiagnostic Assays. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1998, 178: 1835-1838. PMID: 9815246, DOI: 10.1086/314516.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNCH-1 strainIndirect IFAHuman granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) agentHuman granulocytic ehrlichiosisWestern blot analysisInfected neutrophilsPromyelocytic leukemia cellsHuman promyelocytic leukemia cellsAntibody detectionGranulocytic ehrlichiosisEhrlichia equiDifferent strainsHuman isolatesLeukemia cellsSerumImmunodiagnostic assaysBlot analysisGranulocytic ehrlichiaeIFA analysisHuman serumIFAEhrlichiaeAssaysSeropositivityPatients