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Overview

Susan A. Fiscus is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with extensive work focused on infectious diseases, virology, emergency medicine, epidemiology, and economics and econometrics.

The scientist's recent published papers include:

  • Association of Maternal Viral Load and CD4 Count With Perinatal HIV-1 Transmission Risk During Breastfeeding in the PROMISE Postpartum Component, 2021, JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • Overestimation of the South African HIV incidence using the BED IgG assay?, 2023, PubMed
  • Efficacy, pharmacokinetics and neurocognitive performance of dual, NRTI-sparing antiretroviral therapy in acute HIV-infection, 2020, AIDS
  • Characterization of V3 Sequence Heterogeneity in Subtype C Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Isolates from Malawi: Underrepresentation of X4 Variants, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Detection of Acute HIV Infection: A Field Evaluation of the Determine(R) HIV-1/2 Ag/Ab Combo Test, 2020, UNC Libraries

The main topics addressed in their work include multiple aspects of HIV research and treatment, such as:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV/AIDS Drug Development and Treatment
  • HIV-related Health Complications and Treatments
  • HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Blood Groups and Transfusion

Frequent collaborators in their research include Joseph J. Eron, Myron S. Cohen, Irving Hoffman, Denise J. Jamieson, and Angela D. M. Kashuba, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

The scientist has published regularly in various venues, most notably:

  • UNC Libraries
  • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • AIDS
  • PubMed
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Their academic portfolio emphasizes infectious diseases and virology within medicine, with a sustained focus on HIV/AIDS. The research output includes over one hundred publications relating to medicine broadly and dozens related to immunology and microbiology subfields. Their work addresses epidemiological aspects and emergency medicine, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to health science.

Best Publications

  • Reduction of concentration of HIV-1 in semen after treatment of urethritis: implications for prevention of sexual transmission of HIV-1

    Myron S Cohen;Irving F Hoffman;Rachel A Royce;Peter Kazembe

  • The relation of virologic and immunologic markers to clinical outcomes after nucleoside therapy in HIV-infected adults with 200 to 500 CD4 cells per cubic millimeter

    David A. Katzenstein;Scott M. Hammer;Michael D. Hughes;Holly Gundacker

  • Maternal or infant antiretroviral drugs to reduce HIV-1 transmission

    Charles S. Chasela;Michael G. Hudgens;Denise J. Jamieson;Dumbani Kayira

  • Quantitating the Multiplicity of Infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtype C Reveals a Non-Poisson Distribution of Transmitted Variants

    M. R. Abrahams;J. A. Anderson;E. E. Giorgi;E. E. Giorgi;C. Seoighe

  • Detection of acute infections during HIV testing in North Carolina.

    Christopher D. Pilcher;Susan A. Fiscus;Trang Q. Nguyen;Evelyn Foust

  • Benefits and Risks of Antiretroviral Therapy for Perinatal HIV Prevention

    Mary G. Fowler;Min Qin;Susan A. Fiscus;Judith S. Currier

  • Viral burden in genital secretions determines male-to-female sexual transmission of HIV-1: a probabilistic empiric model.

    Hrishikesh Chakraborty;Pranab K. Sen;Ronald W. Helms;Pietro L. Vernazza

  • Potent antiretroviral treatment of HIV-infection results in suppression of the seminal shedding of HIV

    Pietro L. Vernazza;Luigi Troiani;Markus J. Flepp;Richard W. Cone

  • Amplified transmission of HIV-1: comparison of HIV-1 concentrations in semen and blood during acute and chronic infection.

    Christopher D. Pilcher;George Joaki;Irving F. Hoffman;Francis E.A. Martinson

  • The effect of Plasmodium falciparum malaria on HIV-1 RNA blood plasma concentration

    Irving F. Hoffman;Charles S. Jere;Terrie E. Taylor;Peter Munthali

  • The public health approach to identify antiretroviral therapy failure: high-level nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor resistance among Malawians failing first-line antiretroviral therapy.

    Mina C. Hosseinipour;Joep J.G. van Oosterhout;Ralf Weigel;Sam Phiri

  • Characterization of V3 Sequence Heterogeneity in Subtype C Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Isolates from Malawi: Underrepresentation of X4 Variants

    Li Hua Ping;Julie A.E. Nelson;Irving F. Hoffman;Jody Schock

  • Quantification of HIV in semen: correlation with antiviral treatment and immune status

    Pietro L. Vernazza;Bruce L. Gilliam;John Dyer;Susan A. Fiscus

  • Short postexposure prophylaxis in newborn babies to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1: NVAZ randomised clinical trial.

    Taha E Taha;Newton I Kumwenda;Amanda Gibbons;Robin L Broadhead

  • Predictive Value of Quantitative Plasma HIV RNA and CD4 + Lymphocyte Count in HIV-Infected Infants and Children

    Paul E. Palumbo;Claire Raskino;Susan Fiscus;Savita Pahwa

  • Sexual transmission of HIV: infectiousness and prevention.

    Pietro L. Vernazza;Joseph J. Eron;Susan A. Fiscus;Myron S. Cohen

  • Resistance of HIV-1 to antiretroviral agents in blood and seminal plasma: implications for transmission

    Joseph J. Eron;Pietro L. Vernazza;David M. Johnston;Françoise Seillier-Moiseiwitsch

  • Pre-existing Minority Drug-Resistant HIV-1 Variants, Adherence, and Risk of Antiretroviral Treatment Failure

    Roger Paredes;Roger Paredes;Christina M. Lalama;Heather J. Ribaudo;Bruce R. Schackman

  • Serum IgD and IgE concentrations in immunodeficiency diseases.

    R H Buckley;S A Fiscus

  • Nevirapine and zidovudine at birth to reduce perinatal transmission of HIV in an African setting: a randomized controlled trial.

    Taha E. Taha;Newton I. Kumwenda;Donald R. Hoover;Susan A. Fiscus

  • Maternal or Infant Antiretroviral Drugs to Reduce HIV-1 Transmission

    C.S. Chasela;M.G. Hudgens;D.J. Jamieson;D. Kayira

  • Quantitating the multiplicity of infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C reveals a non-poisson distribution of transmitted variants (Journal of Virology (2009) 83, 8, (3556-3567))

    M. R. Abrahams;J. A. Anderson;E. E. Giorgi;C. Seoighe

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph J. Eron
Joseph J. Eron University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Myron S. Cohen
Myron S. Cohen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Irving F. Hoffman
Irving F. Hoffman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Taha E. Taha
Taha E. Taha Johns Hopkins University
Donald R. Hoover
Donald R. Hoover Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Christopher D. Pilcher
Christopher D. Pilcher University of California, San Francisco
William C. Miller
William C. Miller The Ohio State University
Ronald Swanstrom
Ronald Swanstrom University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David Katzenstein
David Katzenstein Stanford University
Roy M. Gulick
Roy M. Gulick Cornell University

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