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Mark A. Wainberg

Mark A. Wainberg

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Microbiology
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
96
Citations
38011
World Ranking
499
National Ranking
12

Medicine

D-Index
97
Citations
38692
World Ranking
9201
National Ranking
363

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2000 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Mark A. Wainberg was affiliated with McGill University in Canada. Their research primarily focused on areas within Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with subfields including Infectious Diseases, Virology, and Emergency Medicine. The main topics covered in their work revolved around HIV Research and Treatment, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, HIV-related health complications and treatments, and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment.

They collaborated frequently with several co-authors throughout their career. Notable frequent collaborators included Leah Szadkowski, Curtis Cooper, Mona Loutfy, Alexander Wong, and Robert S. Hogg, each with multiple joint publications.

Mark A. Wainberg contributed papers to various scientific journals. Some of their recent publications included:

  • Increased CD4: CD8 ratio normalization with implementation of current ART management guidelines (2020), published in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • ¿Es posible que se genere resistencia al dolutegravir cuando se utiliza este agente en el tratamiento de primera línea? (2023), published in Actualizaciones en Sida e Infectología

The scientist's work appeared in publication venues such as Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and Actualizaciones en Sida e Infectología. Their research contributed to advancements in understanding antiretroviral therapy guidelines and drug resistance concerns in HIV treatment.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Mark A. Wainberg was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2000 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • On-Demand Preexposure Prophylaxis in Men at High Risk for HIV-1 Infection

    Abstr Act;C. Capitant;B. Spire;G. Pialoux

  • A randomized, double-blind trial comparing combinations of nevirapine, didanosine, and zidovudine for HIV-infected patients: the INCAS Trial. Italy, The Netherlands, Canada and Australia Study.

    Julio S. G. Montaner;Peter Reiss;David Cooper;Stefano Vella

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

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

  • Public health implications of antiretroviral therapy and HIV drug resistance.

    Mark A. Wainberg;Gerald Friedland

  • Efficacy, safety, and effect on sexual behaviour of on-demand pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV in men who have sex with men: an observational cohort study

    Jean-Michel Molina;Jean-Michel Molina;Isabelle Charreau;Bruno Spire;Laurent Cotte

  • High-level resistance to (-) enantiomeric 2'-deoxy-3'-thiacytidine in vitro is due to one amino acid substitution in the catalytic site of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase.

    C. A. B. Boucher;N. Cammack;P. Schipper;R. Schuurman

  • Enhanced fidelity of 3TC-selected mutant HIV-1 reverse transcriptase.

    Mark A. Wainberg;William C. Drosopoulos;Horacio Salomon;Mayla Hsu

  • 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

  • In vitro selection and characterization of HIV-1 with reduced susceptibility to PMPA.

    Mark A Wainberg;Michael D Miller;Yudong Quan;Horacio Salomon

  • Anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 activity and in vitro toxicity of 2'-deoxy-3'-thiacytidine (BCH-189), a novel heterocyclic nucleoside analog.

    H. Soudeyns;Xiao-Jian Yao;Qing Gao;B. Belleau

  • The same mutation that encodes low-level human immunodeficiency virus type 1 resistance to 2',3'-dideoxyinosine and 2',3'-dideoxycytidine confers high-level resistance to the (-) enantiomer of 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine.

    Qing Gao;Zhengxian Gu;M. A. Parniak;J. Cameron

  • Suppression of plasma viral load below 20 copies/ml is required to achieve a long-term response to therapy.

    Janet M. Raboud;Julio S.G. Montaner;Brian Conway;Sandra Rae

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

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

  • Identification of a mutation at codon 65 in the IKKK motif of reverse transcriptase that encodes human immunodeficiency virus resistance to 2',3'-dideoxycytidine and 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine.

    Zhengxian Gu;Qing Gao;H. Fang;H. Salomon

  • Novel mutation in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase gene that encodes cross-resistance to 2',3'-dideoxyinosine and 2',3'-dideoxycytidine.

    Z Gu;Q Gao;X Li;M A Parniak

  • CRISPR/Cas9-Derived Mutations Both Inhibit HIV-1 Replication and Accelerate Viral Escape.

    Zhen Wang;Zhen Wang;Qinghua Pan;Patrick Gendron;Weijun Zhu

  • 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

  • Characterization of the R263K Mutation in HIV-1 Integrase That Confers Low-Level Resistance to the Second-Generation Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitor Dolutegravir

    Peter K. Quashie;Thibault Mesplède;Ying-Shan Han;Maureen Oliveira

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Bluma G. Brenner
Bluma G. Brenner McGill University
Chen Liang
Chen Liang McGill University
Lawrence Kleiman
Lawrence Kleiman McGill University
John Hiscott
John Hiscott Istituto Pasteur
Michael A. Parniak
Michael A. Parniak University of Pittsburgh
Jean-Pierre Routy
Jean-Pierre Routy McGill University Health Centre
Eric J. Arts
Eric J. Arts University of Western Ontario
Julio S. G. Montaner
Julio S. G. Montaner University of British Columbia
Michel Roger
Michel Roger University of Montreal
Michel J. Tremblay
Michel J. Tremblay Université Laval

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