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  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Michael S. Saag is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their primary area of research falls within the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Infectious Diseases, Emergency Medicine, and Epidemiology. Additional subfields include Virology and Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism.

Their work concentrates on topics related to HIV and associated health issues, including HIV-related health complications and treatments, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, HIV research and treatment, and HIV in relation to drug use and sexual risk. Other research interests involve Hepatitis C virus and viral-associated cancers and disorders.

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Michael S. Saag are:

  • Antiretroviral Drugs for Treatment and Prevention of HIV Infection in Adults, 2020, JAMA
  • Misguided Use of Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19, 2020, JAMA

Additional highly cited papers relevant to their domain include:

  • Antiretroviral Drugs for Treatment and Prevention of HIV Infection in Adults, 2022, JAMA
  • Antiretroviral Drugs for Treatment and Prevention of HIV in Adults: 2024 Recommendations of the International Antiviral Society-USA Panel, 2024, JAMA
  • Risk of Incident Diabetes Mellitus, Weight Gain, and Their Relationships With Integrase Inhibitor-Based Initial Antiretroviral Therapy Among Persons With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the United States and Canada, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Richard D. Moore
  • Mari M. Kitahata
  • Heidi M. Crane
  • Joseph J. Eron
  • Sonia Napravnik

Michael S. Saag has published extensively in respected scientific venues. Common publication platforms for their work are:

  • UNC Libraries
  • AIDS
  • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • AIDS and Behavior

The scientist holds membership in the Association of American Physicians. Their publication record includes over 370 contributions in Medicine, with the largest segment addressing Infectious Diseases and related fields.

Best Publications

  • Circulating microRNAs in sera correlate with soluble biomarkers of immune activation but do not predict mortality in ART treated individuals with HIV-1 infection : a case control study

    Daniel D. Murray;Kazuo Suzuki;Matthew Law;Jonel Trebicka

  • Viral dynamics in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection

    Xiping Wei;Sajal K. Ghosh;Maria E. Taylor;Victoria A. Johnson

  • Antibody neutralization and escape by HIV-1

    Xiping Wei;Julie M. Decker;Shuyi Wang;Huxiong Hui

  • Antiretroviral Treatment of Adult HIV Infection: 2012 Recommendations of the International Antiviral Society–USA Panel

    Huldrych F Gunthard;Judith A Aberg;Joseph J Eron;Jennifer Frances Hoy

  • Identification and characterization of transmitted and early founder virus envelopes in primary HIV-1 infection

    Brandon F. Keele;Elena E. Giorgi;Elena E. Giorgi;Jesus F. Salazar-Gonzalez;Julie M. Decker

  • Emergence of Resistant Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Patients Receiving Fusion Inhibitor (T-20) Monotherapy

    Xiping Wei;Julie M. Decker;Hongmei Liu;Zee Zhang

  • High levels of HIV-1 in plasma during all stages of infection determined by competitive PCR

    Piatak M;Saag Ms;Yang Lc;Clark Sj

  • Effect of early versus deferred antiretroviral therapy for HIV on survival.

    Mari M. Kitahata;Stephen J. Gange;Alison G. Abraham;Barry Merriman

  • POTENT SUPPRESSION OF HIV-1 REPLICATION IN HUMANS BY T-20, A PEPTIDE INHIBITOR OF GP41-MEDIATED VIRUS ENTRY

    J M Kilby;S Hopkins;T M Venetta;B DiMassimo

  • Practice Guidelines for the Management of Cryptococcal Disease

    Michael S. Saag;Richard J. Graybill;Robert A. Larsen;Peter G. Pappas

  • The Sanford guide to antimicrobial therapy

    David N. Gilbert;Robert C. Moellering;George M. Eliopoulos;Henry F. Chambers

  • Antiretroviral Therapy in Adults: Updated Recommendations of the International AIDS Society–USA Panel

    Charles C. J. Carpenter;David A. Cooper;Margaret A. Fischl;Jose M. Gatell

  • Survival of HIV-positive patients starting antiretroviral therapy between 1996 and 2013: a collaborative analysis of cohort studies

    Adam Trickey;Margaret T May;Jorg-Janne Vehreschild;Niels Obel

  • Treatment for adult HIV infection : 2006 recommendations of the international AIDS society-USA panel

    Scott M. Hammer;Michael S. Saag;Mauro Schechter;Julio S. G. Montaner

  • High titers of cytopathic virus in plasma of patients with symptomatic primary HIV-1 infection.

    Stephen J. Clark;Michael S. Saag;W. Don Decker;Sherri Campbell-Hill

  • Timing of initiation of antiretroviral therapy in AIDS-free HIV-1-infected patients: a collaborative analysis of 18 HIV cohort studies.

    Jonathan A C Sterne;Margaret May;Dominique Costagliola;Frank de Wolf

  • Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection in 1997: Updated Recommendations of the International AIDS Society—USA Panel

    Charles C. J. Carpenter;Margaret A. Fischl;Scott M. Hammer;Martin S. Hirsch

  • Genetic identity, biological phenotype, and evolutionary pathways of transmitted/founder viruses in acute and early HIV-1 infection.

    Jesus F. Salazar-Gonzalez;Maria G. Salazar;Brandon F. Keele;Gerald H. Learn

  • Antiretroviral Treatment for Adult HIV Infection in 2002: Updated Recommendations of the International AIDS Society-USA Panel

    Patrick G. Yeni;Scott M. Hammer;Charles C. J. Carpenter;David A. Cooper

  • Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection in 1998: Updated Recommendations of the International AIDS Society–USA Panel

    Charles C. J. Carpenter;Margaret A. Fischl;Scott M. Hammer;Martin S. Hirsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Mugavero
Michael J. Mugavero University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mari M. Kitahata
Mari M. Kitahata University of Washington
Richard D. Moore
Richard D. Moore Johns Hopkins University
Joseph J. Eron
Joseph J. Eron University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Amy C. Justice
Amy C. Justice Yale University
George M. Shaw
George M. Shaw University of Pennsylvania
Timothy R. Sterling
Timothy R. Sterling Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Benigno Rodriguez
Benigno Rodriguez Case Western Reserve University
Jonathan A C Sterne
Jonathan A C Sterne University of Bristol
Kenneth H. Mayer
Kenneth H. Mayer Harvard Medical School

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