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Bharat Parekh is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to HIV/AIDS, including the epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of this infectious disease. They have contributed to multiple studies examining HIV viral loads, population-based HIV impact assessments, and recent infection trends among various demographics in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The scientist's work is published extensively in journals that address HIV research and public health, including:

  • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • PLoS ONE
  • PLOS Global Public Health
  • AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
  • MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Bharat Parekh's main fields of study include Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with specific subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Virology. Their research topics are concentrated on:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Sex work and related issues

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Bharat Parekh include:

  • Hetal Patel
  • Andrew C. Voetsch
  • Suzue Saito
  • Trudy Dobbs
  • Yen T. Duong

Notable recent publications by Bharat Parekh include:

  • Population-Based HIV Impact Assessments Survey Methods, Response, and Quality in Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia (2021), published in JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • Prevalence of nonsuppressed viral load and associated factors among HIV-positive adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe (2015 to 2017): results from population-based nationally representative surveys (2020), published in Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Recent HIV infection among pregnant women in the 2017 antenatal sentinel cross-sectional survey, South Africa: Assay-based incidence measurement (2021), published in PLoS ONE
  • Trends in HIV prevalence, incidence, and progress towards the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets in Malawi among individuals aged 15-64 years: population-based HIV impact assessments, 2015−16 and 2020−21 (2023), published in The Lancet HIV
  • HIV-1 Recent Infection Testing Algorithm With Antiretroviral Drug Detection to Improve Accuracy of Incidence Estimates (2021), published in JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

The scientist's research collectively contributes to understanding population-level HIV dynamics, improving diagnostic accuracy, and assessing progress toward global HIV targets.

Best Publications

  • Quantitative detection of increasing HIV type 1 antibodies after seroconversion: a simple assay for detecting recent HIV infection and estimating incidence.

    Bharat S. Parekh;M. Susan Kennedy;Trudy Dobbs;Chou-Pong Pau

  • Antigenic variation during persistent infection by equine infectious anemia virus, a retrovirus.

    R C Montelaro;B Parekh;A Orrego;C J Issel

  • Detection of recent HIV-1 infection using a new limiting-antigen avidity assay: potential for HIV-1 incidence estimates and avidity maturation studies.

    Yen T. Duong;Maofeng Qiu;Anindya K. De;Keisha Jackson

  • Frequent Simian Foamy Virus Infection in Persons Occupationally Exposed to Nonhuman Primates

    William M. Switzer;Vinod Bhullar;Vedapuri Shanmugam;Mian Er Cong

  • Maternal viral load and timing of mother-to-child HIV transmission Bangkok Thailand.

    Philip A. Mock;Nathan Shaffer;Chaiporn Bhadrakom;Wimol Siriwasin

  • Improved HIV-1 incidence estimates using the BED capture enzyme immunoassay.

    John W Hargrove;Jean H Humphrey;Kuda Mutasa;Bharat S Parekh

  • Comparison of HIV type 1 incidence observed during longitudinal follow-up with incidence estimated by cross-sectional analysis using the BED capture enzyme immunoassay.

    J. Steven McDougal;Bharat S. Parekh;Michael L. Peterson;Bernard M. Branson

  • Brief report: infection of a laboratory worker with simian immunodeficiency virus.

    Rima F. Khabbaz;Walid Heneine;J. Richard George;Bharat Parekh

  • Alternative Algorithms for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Diagnosis Using Tests That Are Licensed in the United States

    S. M. Owen;C. Yang;T. Spira;C. Y. Ou

  • Performance Characteristics of the Immunoglobulin G-Capture BED-Enzyme Immunoassay, an Assay To Detect Recent Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Seroconversion

    Trudy Dobbs;Susan Kennedy;Chou-Pong Pau;J. Steven McDougal

  • Maternal Virus Load and Perinatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtype E Transmission, Thailand

    Nathan Shaffer;Anuvat Roongpisuthipong;Wimol Siriwasin;Tawee Chotpitayasunondh

  • Accuracy of serological assays for detection of recent infection with HIV and estimation of population incidence: a systematic review.

    Rebecca Guy;Rebecca Guy;Judy Gold;Jesus M García Calleja;Andrea A Kim

  • Highly specific V3 peptide enzyme immunoassay for serotyping HIV-1 specimens from Thailand.

    Pau Cp;Lee-Thomas S;Auwanit W;George

  • Impact of HIV type 1 subtype variation on viral RNA quantitation.

    Bharat Parekh;S. Phillips;T.C. Granade;J. Baggs

  • Development of Two Avidity-Based Assays to Detect Recent HIV Type 1 Seroconversion Using a Multisubtype gp41 Recombinant Protein

    Xierong Wei;Xin Liu;Trudy Dobbs;Debra Kuehl

  • Viral load differences in early infection with two HIV-1 subtypes.

    Dale J. Hu;Suphak Vanichseni;Timothy D. Mastro;Suwanee Raktham

  • Application of laboratory methods for estimation of HIV-1 incidence.

    Bharat S Parekh;J Steven McDougal

  • Determination of mean recency period for estimation of HIV type 1 Incidence with the BED-capture EIA in persons infected with diverse subtypes.

    Bharat S. Parekh;Debra L. Hanson;John Hargrove;Bernard Branson

  • Recalibration of the limiting antigen avidity EIA to determine mean duration of recent infection in divergent HIV-1 subtypes.

    Yen T. Duong;Reshma Kassanjee;Alex Welte;Meade Morgan

  • Site-specific antibodies define a cleavage site conserved among arenavirus GP-C glycoproteins.

    M. J. Buchmeier;P. J. Southern;B. S. Parekh;M. K. Wooddell

  • Diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

    Bharat S. Parekh;Chin-Yih Ou;Peter N. Fonjungo;Mireille B. Kalou

Frequent Co-Authors

John N. Nkengasong
John N. Nkengasong Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gerald Schochetman
Gerald Schochetman Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Walid Heneine
Walid Heneine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Timothy D. Mastro
Timothy D. Mastro Family Health International 360
Michael J. Buchmeier
Michael J. Buchmeier University of California, Irvine
William M. Switzer
William M. Switzer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Thomas M. Folks
Thomas M. Folks Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Harold M. McClure
Harold M. McClure Emory University
Renu B. Lal
Renu B. Lal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Elaine J. Abrams
Elaine J. Abrams Columbia University

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