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Bluma G. Brenner

Bluma G. Brenner

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Microbiology

D-Index
48
Citations
9431
World Ranking
4666
National Ranking
134

Overview

Bluma G. Brenner is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and immunology and microbiology, with a focus on infectious diseases, virology, and epidemiology.

Their research primarily centers on HIV research and treatment, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, and HIV/AIDS research and interventions. Additional topics covered include HIV, drug use, and sexual risk, as well as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, genomics and rare diseases, and genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brenner include:

  • Maureen Oliveira
  • Ruxandra-Ilinca Ibanescu
  • Jean-Pierre Routy
  • Réjean Thomas
  • Michel Roger

Their work has been published in various venues, reflecting engagement across multiple scientific platforms. The most common publication venues include:

  • Viruses
  • AIDS
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Nature
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Brenner include:

  • A first update on mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19, 2022, Nature
  • Long Dissociation of Bictegravir from HIV-1 Integrase-DNA Complexes, 2021, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • The Role of Phylogenetics in Unravelling Patterns of HIV Transmission towards Epidemic Control: The Quebec Experience (2002-2020), 2021, Viruses
  • Cell culture selections reveal favourable drug resistance profiles for doravirine and islatravir, 2021, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Doravirine responses to HIV-1 viruses bearing mutations to NRTIs and NNRTIs under in vitro selective drug pressure, 2023, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Best Publications

  • Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19

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  • High Rates of Forward Transmission Events after Acute/Early HIV-1 Infection

    Bluma G Brenner;Michel Roger;Jean-Pierre Routy;Daniela Moisi

  • A V106M mutation in HIV-1 clade C viruses exposed to efavirenz confers cross-resistance to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors.

    Bluma Brenner;Dan Turner;Maureen Oliveira;Daniela Moisi

  • Impact of clade diversity on HIV-1 virulence, antiretroviral drug sensitivity and drug resistance

    Shalom Spira;Mark A Wainberg;Hugues Loemba;Dan Turner

  • HIV-1 subtype C viruses rapidly develop K65R resistance to tenofovir in cell culture.

    Bluma G Brenner;Maureen Oliveira;Florence Doualla-Bell;Daniela D Moisi

  • Development of antiretroviral drug resistance.

    Mark A. Wainberg;Gerasimos J. Zaharatos;Bluma G. Brenner

  • Persistence and fitness of multidrug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 acquired in primary infection.

    Bluma G. Brenner;Jean-Pierre Routy;Marco Petrella;Daniela Moisi

  • Prevalence of HIV-1 resistant to antiretroviral drugs in 81 individuals newly infected by sexual contact or injecting drug use.

    Horacio Salomon;Mark A Wainberg;Bluma Brenner;Yudong Quan

  • HIV drug resistance against strand transfer integrase inhibitors

    Kaitlin Anstett;Kaitlin Anstett;Bluma Brenner;Thibault Mesplede;Mark A. Wainberg;Mark A. Wainberg

  • Persistence of multidrug-resistant HIV-1 in primary infection leading to superinfection.

    Bluma Brenner;Jean-Pierre Routy;Yudong Quan;Daniela Moisi

  • Genetic Divergence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Ethiopian Clade C Reverse Transcriptase (RT) and Rapid Development of Resistance against Nonnucleoside Inhibitors of RT

    Hugues Loemba;Bluma Brenner;Michael A. Parniak;Shlomo Ma'ayan

  • Transmission networks of drug resistance acquired in primary/early stage HIV infection.

    Bluma G Brenner;Michel Roger;Daniela D Moisi;Maureen Oliveira

  • Transmission Clustering Drives the Onward Spread of the HIV Epidemic Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Quebec

    Bluma G. Brenner;Michel Roger;David Stephens;Daniela Moisi

  • High Prevalence of the K65R Mutation in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtype C Isolates from Infected Patients in Botswana Treated with Didanosine-Based Regimens

    Florence Doualla-Bell;Ava Avalos;Bluma Brenner;Tendani Gaolathe

  • Natural killer cell function in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and related diseases.

    Bluma G. Brenner;André Dascal;Richard G. Margolese;Mark A. Wainberg

  • Compensation by the E138K Mutation in HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase for Deficits in Viral Replication Capacity and Enzyme Processivity Associated with the M184I/V Mutations

    Hong-Tao Xu;Eugene L. Asahchop;Maureen Oliveira;Peter K. Quashie

  • Template Usage Is Responsible for the Preferential Acquisition of the K65R Reverse Transcriptase Mutation in Subtype C Variants of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1

    Dimitrios Coutsinos;Dimitrios Coutsinos;Cédric F. Invernizzi;Cédric F. Invernizzi;Hongtao Xu;Daniela Moisi

  • Phylogenetic inferences on HIV-1 transmission: implications for the design of prevention and treatment interventions.

    Bluma Brenner;Mark A. Wainberg;Michel Roger

  • Selective resistance profiles emerging in patient-derived clinical isolates with cabotegravir, bictegravir, dolutegravir, and elvitegravir

    Maureen Oliveira;Ruxandra-Ilinca Ibanescu;Kaitlin Anstett;Thibault Mésplède;Thibault Mésplède

  • The K65R mutation in HIV-1 reverse transcriptase: genetic barriers, resistance profile and clinical implications

    Bluma G Brenner;Dimitrios Coutsinos

  • Antiretroviral Drug Resistance in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2

    Michel L. Ntemgwa;Michel L. Ntemgwa;Thomas d'Aquin Toni;Bluma G. Brenner;Bluma G. Brenner;Ricardo J. Camacho

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Wainberg
Mark A. Wainberg McGill University
Michel Roger
Michel Roger University of Montreal
Jean-Pierre Routy
Jean-Pierre Routy McGill University Health Centre
Hugues Charest
Hugues Charest University of Montreal
P. Richard Harrigan
P. Richard Harrigan University of British Columbia
Chen Liang
Chen Liang McGill University
Richard Marlink
Richard Marlink Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jean-Christophe Plantier
Jean-Christophe Plantier University of Rouen
Jonathan M. Schapiro
Jonathan M. Schapiro Sheba Medical Center
Marina B. Klein
Marina B. Klein McGill University

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