A national review of vertical HIV transmission

JC Forbes, AM Alimenti, J Singer, JC Brophy, A Bitnun… - Aids, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Prevention of vertical HIV transmission has evolved significantly in Canada over
the last two decades. The aim of this analysis is to describe the surveillance programme …

Lactic acidemia in human immunodeficiency virus-uninfected infants exposed to perinatal antiretroviral therapy

A Alimenti, DR Burdge, GS Ogilvie… - The Pediatric …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Objective. To investigate potential mitochondrial toxicity in HIV-uninfected infants exposed to
highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in utero and/or neonatal zidovudine. Design. A …

A prospective controlled study of neurodevelopment in HIV-uninfected children exposed to combination antiretroviral drugs in pregnancy

A Alimenti, JC Forbes, TF Oberlander, DM Money… - …, 2006 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE. Our intent was to investigate the neurodevelopment of HIV-uninfected children
exposed to combination highly active antiretroviral therapy in pregnancy compared with …

HIV viral suppression results in higher antibody responses in HIV-positive women vaccinated with the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine

…, G Ogilvie, F Coutlée, J Raboud, A Alimenti… - Vaccine, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of the quadrivalent HPV (qHPV) vaccine
in HIV-positive women over 24 months. Design Between November 2008 and December …

Guidelines for the care of pregnant women living with HIV and interventions to reduce perinatal transmission: executive summary

…, C Paquet, J van Schalkwyk, A Alimenti… - Journal of obstetrics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective This guideline reviews the evidence relating to the care of pregnant women living
with HIV and the prevention of perinatal HIV transmission. Prenatal care of pregnancies …

[HTML][HTML] Leukocyte telomere length in HIV-infected and HIV-exposed uninfected children: shorter telomeres with uncontrolled HIV viremia

HCF Côté, H Soudeyns, A Thorne, A Alimenti… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Objectives Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) used in HIV antiretroviral
therapy can inhibit human telomerase reverse transcriptase. We therefore investigated whether …

[HTML][HTML] Mobile text messaging to improve medication adherence and viral load in a vulnerable Canadian population living with human immunodeficiency virus: a …

…, EJ Maan, AYK Albert, N Pick, A Alimenti… - Journal of medical …, 2017 - jmir.org
Background Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) as treatment for human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) infection is effective and available, but poor medication adherence limits …

Perinatal exposure to antiretroviral therapy is associated with increased blood mitochondrial DNA levels and decreased mitochondrial gene expression in infants

…, J Raboud, A Bitnun, A Alimenti… - The Journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Background. The effects of perinatal antiretroviral therapy (ART) on infant mitochondrial function
are not well known. We compared blood mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) levels and mtDNA …

Early viremia and immune responses in vertical human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection

K Luzuriaga, P McQuilken, A Alimenti… - Journal of Infectious …, 1993 - academic.oup.com
Thirty-three infants born to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-seropositive
women were evaluated from birth using plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) …

Investigation of factors associated with spontaneous preterm birth in pregnant women living with HIV

…, EJ Maan, A Azampanah, E McClymont, A Alimenti… - Aids, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To investigate factors contributing to preterm birth (PTB), including cART use and
clinical and social determinants of health, in women living with HIV (WLWH) from British …