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Marcia L. Kalish is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to Immunology and Microbiology, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields of interest include Virology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The scientist's work covers several main research topics such as HIV Research and Treatment, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, Data-Driven Disease Surveillance, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, and Gut microbiota and health.

Marcia L. Kalish has coauthored multiple papers with frequent collaborators including Art F. Y. Poon, Joshua T. Herbeck, Connor Chato, Feng Gao, and Yuhua Ruan.

Key publication venues for their research include The Lancet HIV, Virus Evolution, PLoS Computational Biology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and UNC Libraries.

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Marcia L. Kalish are:

  • Global and regional epidemiology of HIV-1 recombinants in 1990-2015: a systematic review and global survey (2020) published in The Lancet HIV
  • Public health in genetic spaces: a statistical framework to optimize cluster-based outbreak detection (2020) published in Virus Evolution
  • Optimized phylogenetic clustering of HIV-1 sequence data for public health applications (2022) published in PLoS Computational Biology
  • Optimized phylogenetic clustering of HIV-1 sequence data for public health applications (2022) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • HIV-1 Transmission Clustering and Phylodynamics Highlight the Important Role of Young Men Who Have Sex with Men (2025) published in UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • HIV-1 Nomenclature Proposal

    DL Robertson;JP Anderson;JA Bradac;JK Carr

  • Neutralizing antibody-independent containment of immunodeficiency virus challenges by DNA priming and recombinant pox virus booster immunizations.

    H L Robinson;D C Montefiori;R P Johnson;K H Manson

  • Global and regional molecular epidemiology of HIV-1, 1990–2015: a systematic review, global survey, and trend analysis

    Joris Hemelaar;Ramyiadarsini Elangovan;Jason Yun;Leslie Dickson-Tetteh

  • Independent introduction of two major HIV-1 genotypes into distinct high-risk populations in Thailand

    C.-Y. Ou;B.G. Weniger;C.-C. Luo;M.L. Kalish

  • The emerging genetic diversity of HIV. The importance of global surveillance for diagnostics, research, and prevention.

    D. J. Hu;T. J. Dondero;M. A. Rayfield;J. R. George

  • The evolving molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 envelope subtypes in injecting drug users in Bangkok, Thailand: implications for HIV vaccine trials.

    Kalish Ml;Baldwin A;Raktham S;Wasi C

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

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

  • Chimpanzee adenovirus antibodies in humans, sub-Saharan Africa.

    Zhiquan Xiang;Yan Li;Ann Cun;Wei Yang

  • Near full-length clones and reference sequences for subtype C isolates of HIV type 1 from three different continents.

    Cynthia M. Rodenburg;Yingying Li;Stanley A. Trask;Yalu Chen

  • 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

  • Determination of HIV-1 subtypes in injecting drug users in Bangkok, Thailand, using peptide-binding enzyme immunoassay and heteroduplex mobility assay: evidence of increasing infection with HIV-1 subtype E.

    Wasi C;Herring B;Raktham S;Vanichseni S

  • The effect of maternal viral load on the risk of perinatal transmission of HIV-1

    Donald M. Thea;Richard W. Steketee;Vadim Pliner;Katherine Bornschlegel

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

    Nathan Shaffer;Anuvat Roongpisuthipong;Wimol Siriwasin;Tawee Chotpitayasunondh

  • HIV Type 1 in Thailand, 1994–1995: Persistence of Two Subtypes with Low Genetic Diversity

    Shambavi Subbarao;Khanchit Limpakarnjanarat;Timothy D. Mastro;Jakriss Bhumisawasdi

  • U.S. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Epidemic: Date of Origin, Population History, and Characterization of Early Strains

    Kenneth E. Robbins;Philippe Lemey;Oliver G. Pybus;Harold W. Jaffe

  • Subtype G and multiple forms of A/G intersubtype recombinant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in Nigeria.

    Francine E. McCutchan;Jean K. Carr;Mary Bajani;Eric Sanders-Buell

  • Association of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Load Early in Life with Disease Progression among HIV-Infected Infants

    Elaine J. Abrams;Jeremy Weedon;Richard W. Steketee;Genevieve Lambert

  • Wide distribution of two subtypes of HIV-1 in Thailand.

    Ou Cy;Takebe Y;Luo Cc;Kalish M

  • Early Detection of Perinatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Type 1 Infection Using HIV RNA Amplification and Detection

    Richard W. Steketee;Elaine J. Abrams;Donald M. Thea;Teresa M. Brown

  • Failure of routine HIV-1 tests in a case involving transmission with preseroconversion blood components during the infectious window period.

    Ai Ee Ling;Kenneth E. Robbins;Teresa M. Brown;Valerie Dunmire

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas M. Folks
Thomas M. Folks Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gerald Schochetman
Gerald Schochetman Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Timothy D. Mastro
Timothy D. Mastro Family Health International 360
feng gao
feng gao Duke University
James I. Mullins
James I. Mullins University of Washington
Gerald H. Learn
Gerald H. Learn University of Pennsylvania
Amilcar Tanuri
Amilcar Tanuri Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Francine E. McCutchan
Francine E. McCutchan Columbia University
Bette T. Korber
Bette T. Korber Los Alamos National Laboratory
Beatrice H. Hahn
Beatrice H. Hahn University of Pennsylvania

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