The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) is a scientifically focused meeting of the world’s leading researchers working to understand, prevent, and treat HIV/AIDS and its complications. The goal of CROI is to provide a forum for translating laboratory and clinical research into progress against the AIDS epidemic. Over 4,000 leading researchers and clinicians from around the world will in Boston for the 21th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.
Schedule of Events:
Full program is available on CROI website. Below is a list of talks and posters by researchers associated with the Harvard AIDS Initiative and the Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership.
Monday, March 3, 2014
SESSION NL2 LECTURE
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm AUDITORIUM
N’Galy-Mann Lecture
Application of Scientific Knowledge and Evidence To Limit the Progression of HIV/AIDS and Fight Other Endemic Diseases in West Africa
Souleymane Mboup, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
SESSION TD4 THEMED DISCUSSION
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm ROOM 312
Response To Early ART Initiation in Infants
Early Viral Suppression Improves Neurocognitive Outcomes in HIV-Infected Children
Claudia S. Crowell, Yanling Huo, Katherine Tassiopoulos, Kathleen M. Malee, Ram Yogev, Rohan Hazra, Richard M. Rutstein, Sharon L. Nichols, Renee A. Smith, William J. Muller,
for the IMPAACT 219C Study Team and the PediatricHIV/AIDS Cohort Study
SESSION P-L2 POSTER SESSION
2:30 pm–4:00 pm EXHIBIT HALL B
Acquired HIV Drug Resistance
Acquired Drug-Resistance Mutations and Mortality Among HIV Patients On First-Line ART
Julia W. Wu, Hui Xing, Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, Lingjie Liao, Shahin Lockman, Yuhua Ruan, Victor De Gruttola, Marc Lipsitch, George R. Seage, Yiming Shao
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
SESSION O-5 ABSTRACTS
10:00 am – 12:15 pm ROOM 304
Critical Issues in MTCT: Maternal Health and HIV Treatment in Children
Virologic Control by 1 Year of Age Significantly Reduces HIV-1 Reservoirs in Perinatal Infection
Deborah Persaud, Kunjal Patel, Brad Karalius, Carrie Ziemniak, Kaitlin Rainwater-Lovett, Ya Chen, Douglas D. Richman, George K. Siberry, Russell VanDyke, Katherine Luzuriaga, Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS) and IMPAACT Network
SESSION P-R2 POSTER SESSION
2:30 pm–4:00 pm EXHIBIT HALL D
TB Screening and Diagnosis
Screening for Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Nigerian Children With a Urinary Antigen Assay
Holly E. Rawizza, Stephen Oguche, Godwin Imade, Oche Agbaji, David Olaleye, Georgina Odaibo, Kike Osinusi, Isaac Adewole, Prosper Okonkwo, Phyllis Kanki
Thursday, March 6, 2014
SESSION S8 SYMPOSIUM
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm ROOM 311
The Road To Elimination: Preventing and Treating HIV Infection in Infants
No Free Rides: Consequences of Fetal & Infant ARV Exposure Among Children Remaining HIV
Uninfected
Kathleen M. Powis
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
SESSION P-E7 POSTER SESSION
2:30 pm–4:00 pm EXHIBIT HALL B
Immune Response To Infection
Characterizing Acute HIV-1B CTL Escape by Full- Genome “Deep” Sequencing
Christian L. Boutwell, Damien Tully, Rebecca Batorsky, Karen Power, Aaron Seese, Michael Sirignano, Marcus Altfeld, Todd M. Allen
SESSION P-J2 POSTER SESSION
2:30 pm–4:00 pm EXHIBIT HALL B
RCTs in First-Line ART in Treatment Naive Patients
NEGR1 Genetic Variants and Risk for Virological Failure With Genotypic Resistance in Botswana
Sophie Limou, Cheryl A. Winkler, Hermann Bussmann, Vladimir Novitsky, Sikhulile Moyo, Max Essex, Richard G. Marlink, C. William Wester
SESSION P-K3 POSTER SESSION
2:30 pm–4:00 pm EXHIBIT HALL B
ART: Adherence and Retention
Immune, Virologic and Adherence Measures as Time-Dependent Predictors of Loss To Follow-Up
Seema T. Meloni, Charlotte Chang, Doug Hoi Cheung, Beth Chaplin, Holly Rawizza, Oluwatoyin Jolayemi, Bolanle Banigbe, Prosper Okonkwo, Phyllis Kanki
SESSION P-L5 POSTER SESSION
2:30 pm–4:00 pm EXHIBIT HALL B
Laboratory Detection of Drug Resistance and Tropism
Pan Degenerate Amplification and Adaptation for Highly Sensitive Detection of ARV Drug Resistance
Iain J. MacLeod, Christopher F. Rowley, M. Essex
SESSION P-Q9 POSTER SESSION
2:30 pm–4:00 pm EXHIBIT HALL D
Genetic Factors and ART Outcomes
Large-Scale Gene-Centric Exploration of Risk for NRTI/NNRTI-Associated Toxicities in Botswana
C. William Wester, Sophie Limou, Hermann Bussmann, Vladimir Novitsky, Sikhulile Moyo, Max Essex, Richard G. Marlink, Cheryl A. Winkler
SESSION P-T8 POSTER SESSION
2:30 pm–4:00 pm EXHIBIT HALL D
PMTCT Approaches: Implementation and Outcome
Programmatic Implementation of WHO Option B in Botswana Associated With Increased Projected MTCT
Scott Dryden-Peterson, Sajini Souda, Rebecca Zash, Jennifer Chen, Chipo Petlo, Eldah N. Dintwa, Refeltetswe Lebelonyane, Mompati Mmalane, Shahin Lockman, Roger L. Shapiro
SESSION P-X1 POSTER SESSION
2:30 pm–4:00 pm EXHIBIT HALL D
HIV Testing in Low Income Settings
HTC Campaign in Households Reached the Majority of Women But Only 50% of Men in Botswana Community
Vlad Novitsky1, Hermann Bussmann, Sikhulile Moyo, Erik van Widenfelt, Mompati Mmalane, Quanhong Lei, Joseph Makhema, Shahin Lockman, Victor DeGruttola, Max Essex