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Joseph K. Wong is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with a strong focus on Infectious Diseases. Their research spans subfields such as Virology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their work covers a range of topics including:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Joseph K. Wong's publication record includes multiple recent papers. Notable works include:

  • "Incidence of Severe COVID-19 Illness Following Vaccination and Booster With BNT162b2, mRNA-1273, and Ad26.COV2.S Vaccines," published in 2022 in JAMA
  • "Sudden Cardiac Death and Myocardial Fibrosis, Determined by Autopsy, in Persons with HIV," published in 2021 in the New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Effective self-stretching of carpal ligament for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome: A double-blinded randomized controlled study," published in 2020 in the Journal of Hand Therapy
  • "Novel RT-ddPCR assays for measuring the levels of subgenomic and genomic SARS-CoV-2 transcripts," published in 2021 in Methods
  • "Saliva as a testing specimen with or without pooling for SARS-CoV-2 detection by multiplex RT-PCR test," published in 2021 in PLoS ONE

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wong include:

  • Steven A. Yukl
  • Sushama Telwatte
  • Steven G. Deeks
  • Chuanyi M. Lu
  • Sara Morón-López

Their research has been published across several venues with multiple contributions, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Virology
  • AIDS
  • Proceedings of the 2021 AERA Annual Meeting

In addition to journal articles, Joseph K. Wong has contributed to academic literature through book publications. One known work is "From Development to Democracy," published in 2022 by Princeton University Press.

Best Publications

  • HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders persist in the era of potent antiretroviral therapy: CHARTER Study.

    R. K. Heaton;D. B. Clifford;D. R. Franklin;S. P. Woods

  • Recovery of replication-competent HIV despite prolonged suppression of plasma viremia.

    Joseph K. Wong;Marjan Hezareh;Huldrych F. Günthard;Diane V. Havlir

  • HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders before and during the era of combination antiretroviral therapy: differences in rates, nature, and predictors

    Robert K. Heaton;Donald R. Franklin;Ronald J. Ellis;J. Allen McCutchan

  • Sexual transmission and propagation of SIV and HIV in resting and activated CD4+ T cells.

    Z. Q. Zhang;T. Schuler;M. Zupancic;Stephen W Wietgrefe

  • Comparative Analysis of Measures of Viral Reservoirs in HIV-1 Eradication Studies

    Susanne Eriksson;Erin H. Graf;Viktor Dahl;Matthew C. Strain

  • Prevalence and predictive value of intermittent viremia with combination hiv therapy.

    Diane V. Havlir;Roland Bassett;Diane Levitan;Peter Gilbert

  • Effect of treatment, during primary infection, on establishment and clearance of cellular reservoirs of HIV-1.

    Matthew C. Strain;Susan J. Little;Eric S. Daar;Diane V. Havlir

  • In vivo compartmentalization of human immunodeficiency virus: evidence from the examination of pol sequences from autopsy tissues.

    J. K. Wong;C. C. Ignacio;F. Torriani;D. Havlir

  • HIV rebounds from latently infected cells, rather than from continuing low-level replication.

    Beda Joos;Marek Fischer;Herbert Kuster;Satish K. Pillai

  • Challenges in Detecting HIV Persistence during Potentially Curative Interventions: A Study of the Berlin Patient

    Steven A. Yukl;Eli Boritz;Michael Busch;Christopher Bentsen

  • Differences in HIV Burden and Immune Activation within the Gut of HIV-Positive Patients Receiving Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy

    Steven A. Yukl;Steven A. Yukl;Sara Gianella;Sara Gianella;Elizabeth Sinclair;Lorrie Epling

  • HIV latency in isolated patient CD4+ T cells may be due to blocks in HIV transcriptional elongation, completion, and splicing

    Steven A. Yukl;Philipp Kaiser;Peggy Kim;Sushama Telwatte

  • Sudden cardiac death in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

    Zian H. Tseng;Eric A. Secemsky;David Dowdy;Eric Vittinghoff

  • Heterogeneous clearance rates of long-lived lymphocytes infected with HIV: Intrinsic stability predicts lifelong persistence

    M. C. Strain;H. F. Günthard;D. V. Havlir;C. C. Ignacio

  • Reduction of HIV-1 in blood and lymph nodes following potent antiretroviral therapy and the virologic correlates of treatment failure

    Joseph K. Wong;Huldrych F. Günthard;Diane V. Havlir;Zhi Qiang Zhang

  • Antiretroviral resistance during successful therapy of HIV type 1 infection

    J. Martinez-Picado;M. P. DePasquale;N. Kartsonis;G. J. Hanna

  • Effect of raltegravir-containing intensification on HIV burden and T-cell activation in multiple gut sites of HIV-positive adults on suppressive antiretroviral therapy

    Steven Yukl;Amandeep Shergill;Kenneth McQuaid;Sara Gianella

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Replication and Genotypic Resistance in Blood and Lymph Nodes after a Year of Potent Antiretroviral Therapy

    Huldrych F. Günthard;Joseph K. Wong;Caroline C. Ignacio;John C. Guatelli;John C. Guatelli

  • Persistence of Transmitted Drug Resistance among Subjects with Primary Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

    Susan J. Little;Simon D. W. Frost;Joseph K. Wong;Davey M. Smith

  • Tissue reservoirs of HIV.

    Joseph K. Wong;Steven A. Yukl

  • Evolution of Envelope Sequences of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Cellular Reservoirs in the Setting of Potent Antiviral Therapy

    Huldrych F. Günthard;Simon D. W. Frost;Andrew J. Leigh-Brown;Caroline C. Ignacio

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas D. Richman
Douglas D. Richman University of California, San Diego
Diane V. Havlir
Diane V. Havlir University of California, San Francisco
Huldrych F. Günthard
Huldrych F. Günthard University of Zurich
Satish K. Pillai
Satish K. Pillai Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Davey M. Smith
Davey M. Smith University of California, San Diego
Susan J. Little
Susan J. Little University of California, San Diego
Steven G. Deeks
Steven G. Deeks University of California, San Francisco
Ashley T. Haase
Ashley T. Haase University of Minnesota
Elizabeth Sinclair
Elizabeth Sinclair University of California, San Francisco
Teri Liegler
Teri Liegler University of California, San Francisco

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