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Benita Yip is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada, focusing on research primarily in the fields of medicine and immunology and microbiology. Their work predominantly addresses infectious diseases, with significant contributions in emergency medicine, virology, and epidemiology. The main topics covered in their research include HIV/AIDS research and interventions, HIV-related health complications and treatments, HIV research and treatment, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, and aspects relating to HIV, drug use, and sexual risk.

Their recent publications demonstrate engagement with current issues in HIV/AIDS care and treatment. Selected papers include:

  • "Hospitalization Rates and Causes Among Persons With HIV in the United States and Canada, 2005-2015" (2020) published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Increased CD4: CD8 Ratio Normalization with Implementation of Current ART Management Guidelines" (2020) published in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • "CD4 Count at Entry into Care and at Antiretroviral Therapy Prescription among Adults with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the United States, 2005-2018" (2020) published in Clinical Infectious Diseases

The venues where Benita Yip has been published include:

  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with them include:

  • Richard D. Moore
  • Keri N. Althoff
  • Michael A. Horberg
  • Mari M. Kitahata
  • Heidi M. Crane

Benita Yip's research contributions emphasize topics central to HIV/AIDS public health challenges. This includes studies of hospitalization rates among persons living with HIV, immunological response markers such as the CD4 to CD8 ratio in the context of antiretroviral therapy, and comprehensive assessment of clinical care entry points and therapy prescription trends across a large population-base in North America.

Best Publications

  • Improved Survival Among HIV-Infected Individuals Following Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy

    Robert S. Hogg;Katherine V. Heath;Benita Yip;Kevin J. P. Craib

  • Rates of Disease Progression by Baseline CD4 Cell Count and Viral Load After Initiating Triple-Drug Therapy

    Robert S. Hogg;Benita Yip;Keith J. Chan;Evan Wood

  • Association of highly active antiretroviral therapy coverage, population viral load, and yearly new HIV diagnoses in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based study

    Julio S.G. Montaner;Julio S.G. Montaner;Julio S.G. Montaner;Viviane D. Lima;Viviane D. Lima;Rolando Barrios;Benita Yip

  • Barriers to Use of Free Antiretroviral Therapy in Injection Drug Users

    Steffanie A. Strathdee;Anita Palepu;Peter G. A. Cornelisse;Benita Yip

  • Predictors of HIV Drug-Resistance Mutations in a Large Antiretroviral-Naive Cohort Initiating Triple Antiretroviral Therapy

    P. Richard Harrigan;Robert S. Hogg;Winnie W. Y. Dong;Benita Yip

  • Intermittent use of triple-combination therapy is predictive of mortality at baseline and after 1 year of follow-up.

    Robert S Hogg;Katherine Heath;David Bangsberg;Benita Yip

  • Effect of medication adherence on survival of HIV-infected adults who start highly active antiretroviral therapy when the CD4+ cell count is 0.200 to 0.350 x 10(9) cells/L.

    Evan Wood;Robert S. Hogg;Benita Yip;P. Richard Harrigan

  • Decline in deaths from AIDS due to new antiretrovirals.

    Robert S Hogg;Michael V O'Shaughnessy;Nada Gataric;Benita Yip

  • Improved survival among HIV-infected patients after initiation of triple-drug antiretroviral regimens.

    R. S. Hogg;B. Yip;C. Kully;K. J. P. Craib

  • Expansion of HAART Coverage Is Associated with Sustained Decreases in HIV/AIDS Morbidity, Mortality and HIV Transmission: The “HIV Treatment as Prevention” Experience in a Canadian Setting

    Julio S.G. Montaner;Viviane D. Lima;P. Richard Harrigan;Lillian Lourenço

  • The combined effect of modern highly active antiretroviral therapy regimens and adherence on mortality over time.

    Viviane D Lima;Richard Harrigan;David R Bangsberg;Robert S Hogg;Robert S Hogg

  • Adherence to triple therapy and viral load response.

    Sophie Low-Beer;Benita Yip;Michael V. O'Shaughnessy;Robert S. Hogg

  • Continued improvement in survival among HIV-infected individuals with newer forms of highly active antiretroviral therapy.

    Viviane D. Lima;Robert S. Hogg;P. Richard Harrigan;David Moore

  • Adherence and plasma HIV RNA responses to highly active antiretroviral therapy among HIV-1 infected injection drug users

    Evan Wood;Julio S.G. Montaner;Benita Yip;Mark W. Tyndall

  • The cascade of HIV care in British Columbia, Canada, 1996-2011: a population-based retrospective cohort study.

    Bohdan Nosyk;Bohdan Nosyk;Julio S G Montaner;Guillaume Colley;Viviane D Lima

  • Predictors of viral suppression and rebound among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in a large multi-site Canadian cohort

    Zachary Tanner;Nathan Lachowsky;Nathan Lachowsky;Erin Ding;Hasina Samji

  • Highly active antiretroviral therapy and survival in HIV-infected injection drug users.

    Evan Wood;Robert S. Hogg;Viviane Dias Lima;Thomas Kerr

  • Emergence of drug resistance is associated with an increased risk of death among patients first starting HAART.

    Robert S Hogg;Robert S Hogg;David R Bangsberg;Viviane D Lima;Chris Alexander

  • A simple, dynamic measure of antiretroviral therapy adherence predicts failure to maintain HIV-1 suppression.

    Robert Gross;Benita Yip;Vincent Lo Re;Evan Wood

  • Discordant immunologic and virologic responses to highly active antiretroviral therapy are associated with increased mortality and poor adherence to therapy.

    David M Moore;Robert S Hogg;Benita Yip;Evan Wood

  • The impact of adherence on CD4 cell count responses among HIV-infected patients.

    Evan Wood;Robert S. Hogg;Benita Yip;P. Richard Harrigan

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert S. Hogg
Robert S. Hogg Simon Fraser University
Julio S. G. Montaner
Julio S. G. Montaner University of British Columbia
Viviane D. Lima
Viviane D. Lima University of British Columbia
P. Richard Harrigan
P. Richard Harrigan University of British Columbia
Michael V. O'Shaughnessy
Michael V. O'Shaughnessy University of California, San Francisco
Evan Wood
Evan Wood University of British Columbia
Martin T. Schechter
Martin T. Schechter University of British Columbia
Mark W. Tyndall
Mark W. Tyndall University of British Columbia
Amy C. Justice
Amy C. Justice Yale University
Zabrina L. Brumme
Zabrina L. Brumme Simon Fraser University

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