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Timothy D. Mastro is affiliated with Family Health International 360 in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Microbiology.

Their research topics extensively cover HIV/AIDS research and interventions, HIV, drug use, and sexual risk, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, reproductive health and contraception, reproductive tract infections research, HIV research and treatment, and global maternal and child health.

Recent papers authored by Mastro include:

  • Development and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines for those most vulnerable, 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • HIV comprehensive knowledge and prevalence among young adolescents in Nigeria: evidence from Akwa Ibom AIDS indicator survey, 2017, 2020, BMC Public Health
  • High HIV incidence among young women in South Africa: Data from a large prospective study, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Incorporating oral PrEP into standard prevention services for South African women: a nested interrupted time-series study, 2021, The Lancet HIV
  • Integrating oral PrEP delivery among African women in a large HIV endpoint-driven clinical trial, 2020, Journal of the International AIDS Society

Mastro frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Science Translational Medicine
  • BMC Public Health
  • The Lancet HIV

Collaborations have been an important aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including Jared M. Baeten, Thesla Palanee-Phillips, Helen Rees, Khatija Ahmed, and Nelly Mugo.

Best Publications

  • Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Infection among African Women

    Lut Van Damme;Amy Corneli;Khatija Ahmed;Johan Lombaard

  • Short-course zidovudine for perinatal HIV-1 transmission in Bangkok, Thailand: a randomised controlled trial

    Nathan Shaffer;Rutt Chuachoowong;Philip A Mock;Chaiporn Bhadrakom

  • Quantitative detection of increasing HIV type 1 antibodies after seroconversion: a simple assay for detecting recent HIV infection and estimating incidence.

    Bharat S. Parekh;M. Susan Kennedy;Trudy Dobbs;Chou-Pong Pau

  • Probabilities of sexual HIV-1 transmission.

    Timothy D. Mastro;Isabelle de Vincenzi

  • An epidemic of pneumococcal disease in an overcrowded, inadequately ventilated jail

    Charles W. Hoge;Mary R. Reichler;Edward A. Dominguez;John C. Bremer

  • HIV incidence among women using intramuscular depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, a copper intrauterine device, or a levonorgestrel implant for contraception: a randomised, multicentre, open-label trial

    Khatija Ahmed;Jared M Baeten;Mags Beksinska;Linda-Gail Bekker

  • Probability of female-to-male transmission of HIV-1 in Thailand

    T. D. Mastro;G. A. Satten;Taweesak Nopkesorn;Suebpong Sangkharomya

  • 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

  • Intersubtype Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Superinfection following Seroconversion to Primary Infection in Two Injection Drug Users

    Artur Ramos;Dale J. Hu;Lily Nguyen;Kim Oanh Phan

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

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

  • Continued high HIV-1 incidence in a vaccine trial preparatory cohort of injection drug users in Bangkok, Thailand.

    Suphak Vanichseni;Dwip Kitayaporn;Timothy D. Mastro;Timothy D. Mastro;Philip A. Mock

  • Protease sequences from HIV-1 group M subtypes A-H reveal distinct amino acid mutation patterns associated with protease resistance in protease inhibitor-naive individuals worldwide. HIV Variant Working Group.

    Danuta Pieniazek;Mark Rayfield;Dale J. Hu;John Nkengasong

  • Estimating the number of HIV-infected injection drug users in Bangkok: a capture--recapture method.

    T D Mastro;D Kitayaporn;B G Weniger;S Vanichseni

  • 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

  • Use of nasopharyngeal isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae from children in Pakistan for surveillance for antimicrobial resistance.

    Mastro Td;Nomani Nk;Ishaq Z;Ghafoor A

  • Short-Course Antenatal Zidovudine Reduces Both Cervicovaginal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA Levels and Risk of Perinatal Transmission

    Rutt Chuachoowong;Nathan Shaffer;Wimol Siriwasin;Pongsakdi Chaisilwattana

  • 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

  • An outbreak of surgical-wound infections due to group A streptococcus carried on the scalp.

    Timothy D. Mastro;Thomas A. Farley;John A. Elliott;Richard R. Facklam

  • Beyond detuning: 10 years of progress and new challenges in the development and application of assays for HIV incidence estimation.

    Michael P Busch;Christopher D Pilcher;Timothy D Mastro;John Kaldor

Frequent Co-Authors

Jordan W. Tappero
Jordan W. Tappero Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Bharat Parekh
Bharat Parekh Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Marcia L. Kalish
Marcia L. Kalish Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Don C. Des Jarlais
Don C. Des Jarlais New York University
Renu B. Lal
Renu B. Lal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
William L. Heyward
William L. Heyward Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Patrick S. Sullivan
Patrick S. Sullivan Emory University
John N. Nkengasong
John N. Nkengasong Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Robert F. Breiman
Robert F. Breiman Emory University
Richard R. Facklam
Richard R. Facklam Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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