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Andrea Kovacs is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in the subfields of infectious diseases, health, clinical psychology, statistics and probability, and sociology and political science.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 Detection and Testing
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Hepatitis C Virus Research

Andrea Kovacs has contributed to numerous publication venues, with multiple works appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Scientific Reports
  • BMC Public Health
  • Journal of American College Health

Their recent papers span a range of topics related to infectious diseases and public health:

  • "Risk Factors for Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus," 2023, published in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "White matter of perinatally HIV infected older youths shows low frequency fluctuations that may reflect glial cycling," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Seroprevalence of Antibodies Specific to Receptor Binding Domain of SARS-CoV-2 and Vaccination Coverage Among Adults in Los Angeles County, April 2021: The LA Pandemic Surveillance Cohort Study," 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • "Quantification of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Binding Antibody Levels To Assess Infection and Vaccine-Induced Immunity Using WHO Standards," 2023, Microbiology Spectrum
  • "Trust in science and scientists among university students, staff, and faculty of a large, diverse university in Los Angeles during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trojan Pandemic Response Initiative," 2023, BMC Public Health

The researcher frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Howard Hu
  • Eric S. Kawaguchi
  • Angie Ghanem-Uzqueda
  • Frank D. Gilliland
  • Jennifer B. Unger

Best Publications

  • Cryptococcosis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

    Joseph A. Kovacs;Andrea A. Kovacs;Michael Polis;W. Craig Wright

  • The mode of delivery and the risk of vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1--a meta-analysis of 15 prospective cohort studies.

    W. Andiman;M. Boucher;D. Burns;Y. Bryson

  • Determinants of HIV-1 shedding in the genital tract of women.

    Andrea Kovacs;Steven S Wasserman;David Burns;David J Wright

  • HIV/HCV co-infection: pathogenesis, clinical complications, treatment, and new therapeutic technologies

    Eva A. Operskalski;Andrea Kovacs

  • CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION AND HIV-1 DISEASE PROGRESSION IN INFANTS BORN TO HIV-1–INFECTED WOMEN

    Andrea Kovacs;Mark D Schluchter;Kirk Easley;Gail Demmler

  • Voriconazole Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in Children

    Michael Neely;Teresa Rushing;Andrea Kovacs;Roger Jelliffe

  • Association of race and gender with HIV-1 RNA levels and immunologic progression.

    Kathryn Anastos;Stephen J. Gange;Bryan Lau;Barbara Weiser

  • Efficacy of Zidovudine and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Hyperimmune Immunoglobulin for Reducing Perinatal HIV Transmission from HIV-Infected Women with Advanced Disease: Results of Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 185

    E. Richard Stiehm;John S. Lambert;Lynne M. Mofenson;James Bethel

  • Causes of death among women with human immunodeficiency virus infection in the era of combination antiretroviral therapy.

    Mardge H Cohen;Audrey L French;Lorie Benning;Andrea Kovacs

  • Administration of oral acyclovir suppressive therapy after neonatal herpes simplex virus disease limited to the skin, eyes and mouth: results of a Phase I/ii trial

    David Kimberlin;Dwight Powell;William Gruber;Pamela Diaz

  • First-line antiretroviral therapy with a protease inhibitor versus non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor and switch at higher versus low viral load in HIV-infected children: an open-label, randomised phase 2/3 trial.

    Linda Harrison;Abdel Babiker;Hannah Castro;Alexandra Compagnucci

  • Fall in human herpesvirus 6 seropositivity with age.

    Nathaniel A. Brown;Nathaniel A. Brown;Nathaniel A. Brown;Ciro V. Sumaya;Ciro V. Sumaya;Ciro V. Sumaya;Chun Ren Liu;Chun Ren Liu;Chun Ren Liu;Yasmin Ench;Yasmin Ench;Yasmin Ench

  • Blinded, Multicenter Comparison of Methods To Detect a Drug-Resistant Mutant of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 at Low Frequency

    Elias K. Halvas;Grace M. Aldrovandi;Peter Balfe;Ingrid A. Beck

  • Children hospitalized for varicella: A prevaccine review

    Carol L. Peterson;Laurene Mascola;Shin Margaret Chao;Jay M. Lieberman

  • HIV-1 in genital tract and plasma of women: Compartmentalization of viral sequences, coreceptor usage, and glycosylation

    Kimdar Sherefa Kemal;Brian Foley;Harold Burger;Harold Burger;Kathryn Anastos

  • Incorporation of zidovudine into leukocyte DNA from HIV-1-positive adults and pregnant women, and cord blood from infants exposed in utero.

    Ofelia A. Olivero;Gene M. Shearer;Claire A. Chougnet;Andrea A.S. Kovacs

  • Toxoplasma Encephalitis in Patients with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: Diagnosis and Response to Therapy

    C Wanke;C U Tuazon;A Kovacs;T Dina

  • CYP2B6 genetic variants are associated with nevirapine pharmacokinetics and clinical response in HIV-1-infected children

    Akihiko Saitoh;Elizabeth Sarles;Edmund Capparelli;Francesca Aweeka

  • Effect of menstrual cycle on HIV-1 levels in the peripheral blood and genital tract.

    Patricia S. Reichelderfer;Robert W. Coombs;David J. Wright;Jonathan Cohn

  • Duration of ruptured membranes and vertical transmission of HIV-1: A meta-analysis from 15 prospective cohort studies

    M. B. Bulterys;M. G. Fowler;I. C. Hanson;M. Lemay

  • Baseline Resistance to Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Fails to Predict Virologic Response to Combination Therapy in Children (PACTG 338)

    Susan A Fiscus;Andrea Kovacs;Leslie A Petch;Chengcheng Hu

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Young
Mary Young Georgetown University
Mardge H. Cohen
Mardge H. Cohen Rush University
Kathryn Anastos
Kathryn Anastos Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Alan L. Landay
Alan L. Landay The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Ruth M. Greenblatt
Ruth M. Greenblatt University of California, San Francisco
Stephen J. Gange
Stephen J. Gange Johns Hopkins University
Phyllis C. Tien
Phyllis C. Tien University of California, San Francisco
Lynne M. Mofenson
Lynne M. Mofenson Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Kenneth McIntosh
Kenneth McIntosh Boston Children's Hospital
Wendy J. Mack
Wendy J. Mack University of Southern California

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