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Karin Nielsen-Saines
Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
Publications - 179
Citations - 13260
Karin Nielsen-Saines is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Pregnancy. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 137 publications receiving 11361 citations.
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Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in HIV-Infected Pregnant Women and Infant HIV Transmission.
Kristina Adachi,Jeffrey D. Klausner,Claire C. Bristow,Jiahong Xu,Bonnie J. Ank,Mariza Gonçalvez Morgado,D. Heather Watts,Fred Weir,David H. Persing,Lynne M. Mofenson,Valdilea G. Veloso,José Henrique Pilotto,Esau Joao,Karin Nielsen-Saines +13 more
TL;DR: Analysis suggests that STIs may predispose to an increased HIV MTCT risk in this high-risk cohort of HIV-infected women.
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Regional brain gray and white matter changes in perinatally HIV-infected adolescents.
Manoj K. Sarma,Rajakumar Nagarajan,Margaret A. Keller,Rajesh Kumar,Karin Nielsen-Saines,David E. Michalik,Jaime G. Deville,Joseph A. Church,M. Albert Thomas +8 more
TL;DR: Assessment of regional GM and WM volume changes, based on VBM procedures, may be an additional measure to assess brain integrity in HIV-infected youths and to evaluate success of current ART therapy for efficacy in the brain.
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Syphilis in HIV-infected mothers and infants: results from the NICHD/HPTN 040 study.
Nava Yeganeh,Heather Watts,Margaret Camarca,Gabriel Soares,Esau Joao,José Henrique Pilotto,Glenda Gray,Gerhard Theron,Breno Santos,Rosana Fonseca,Regis Kreitchmann,Jorge Pinto,Marisa Márcia Mussi-Pinhata,Mariana Ceriotto,Daisy Maria Machado,Beatriz Grinzstejn,Valdilea G. Veloso,Mariza G. Morgado,Yvonne J. Bryson,Lynne M. Mofenson,Karin Nielsen-Saines,Nichd Hptn P Study Team +21 more
TL;DR: Syphilis continues to be a common co-infection in HIV-infected women and can facilitate in utero transmission of HIV to infants, especially in low- and middle-income countries where both diseases are common.
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Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Tenofovir in HIV-Infected Women During Labor and Their Infants During the First Week of Life
Mark Mirochnick,Taha E. Taha,Regis Kreitchmann,Karin Nielsen-Saines,Newton Kumwenda,Esau Joao,Jorge Pinto,Breno Santos,Teresa L. Parsons,Brian P. Kearney,Lynda Emel,Casey M. Herron,Paul G. Richardson,Sarah E. Hudelson,Susan H. Eshleman,Kathleen George,Kathleen George,Mary Glenn Fowler,Paul Sato,Paul Sato,Lynne M. Mofenson,Lynne M. Mofenson +21 more
TL;DR: A TDF dosing regimen of 600 mg during labor and daily infant doses of 6 mg/kg maintains infant tenofovir plasma concentration above 50 ng/mL throughout the first week of life and should be used in the studies of TDF efficacy for HIV prevention of mother-to-child transmission and early infant treatment.
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Behavioral, climatic, and environmental risk factors for Zika and Chikungunya virus infections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2015-16
Trevon Fuller,Guilherme Amaral Calvet,Camila Genaro Estevam,Jussara Rafael Angelo,Gbenga J. Abiodun,Umme-Aiman Halai,Bianca De Santis,Patrícia Carvalho de Sequeira,E. S. M. Araújo,Simone Alves Sampaio,Marco Cesar Lima de Mendonça,Allison Fabri,Rita Maria Ribeiro,Ryan J. Harrigan,Thomas B. Smith,Claudia Raja Gabaglia,Patrícia Brasil,Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis,Karin Nielsen-Saines +18 more
TL;DR: The spatial pattern of arbovirus incidence at the municipal and neighborhood scales and the timing of epidemics and major rainfall events was assessed and the association between rainfall and epidemics reflects vector ecology as the larval stages of Aedes aegypti require pools of water to develop.