Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections 2015
CROI, the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), brings together top scientists, clinicians, and policy makers from around the world to discuss the latest studies and developments in the ongoing battle against HIV/AIDS and related infectious diseases. This year’s meeting was held in February at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. Webcasts, abstracts, electronic posters, and other electronic resources are available online.
Below is a list of talks and posters by researchers associated with the Harvard AIDS Initiative and the Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
SESSION P-01 Poster Session
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Poster Hall
HPV Infections and Cancers
HIV Infection and Survival Among Women With Cervical Cancer in Botswana
Scott Dryden-Peterson; Memory Bvochora-Nsingo; Heluf Medhin; Gita Suneja; Aida Asmelash5 ; Malebogo Pusoentsi; Anthony Russell; Jason Efstathiou; Bruce Chabner; Shahin Lockman
SESSION PM-1 Poster Session
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Poster Hall
Nucleic-Acid–Based Detection of HIV
12 A Generalized Entropy Measure of Viral Diversity for Identifying Recent HIV-1 Infections
Julia W. Wu; Oscar Patterson-Lomba; Marcello Pagano
SESSION P-T2 Poster Session
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Poster Hall
Rates and Risks of MTCT and HIV-Free Survival
Decline in Early Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission (MTCT) Risk Over Time in Botswana
Kathleen M. Powis; Gbolahan Ajibola ; Jean Leidner ; Kara Bennett ; Florence Chilisa ; Keabetwe Bedi ; Chipo Petlo ; Michael D. Hughes ; Roger Shapiro ; Shahin Lockman
Impact of Maternal Antiretroviral Regimen on SixMonth HIV-Free Survival in Botswana
Rebecca Zash; Sajini Souda; Chazha Hick; Kelebogile Binda; Sikhulile Moyo; Erik van Widenfeldt; Jean Leidner; Joseph Makhema; Mompati Mmalane; Roger Shapiro
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
SESSION O-9 Oral Abstracts
10:00 am – 12:15 pm – Room 6D
New Insights Into HIV Persistence, Latency Reversal, and Viremia Rebound
11:30 The Size of the Active HIV Reservoir Predicts Timing of Viral Rebound
Behzad Etemad; Hayat Ahmed; Evgenia Aga; Ronald Bosch; John W. Mellors; Daniel Kuritzkes; Michael Para; Rajesh T. Gandhi; Jonathan Li.
SESSION P-02 Poster Session
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Poster Hall
AIDS-Related Cancers: Lymphoma and KS
Incidence and Outcomes of HIV-Associated Lymphomas in Botswana
Michael G. Milligan; Elizabeth Bigger; Musimar Zola; Mukendi Kayembe; Heluf Medhin; Gita Suneja; Shahin Lockman; Jeremy Abramson; Bruce Chabner; Scott Dryden-Peterson
SESSION P-B3 Poster Session
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Poster Hall
Transmission Clusters
Phylodynamic Analysis of HIV Sub-Epidemics in Mochudi, Botswana
Vladimir Novitsky; Denise Kuehnert; Sikhulile Moyo; Erik van Widenfeldt; Lillian Okui; Max Essex
SESSION P-F8 Poster Session
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Poster Hall
Latency Models and Assays
High-Throughput Single-Cell Quantification of HDACiBased HIV Reservoir Reactivation
Robert W. Yucha; Emily Hanhauser; Kristen S. Hobbs; Helen Bae; Fatih Inci; Hadi Shafiee ; Shuqi Wang; Daniel Kuritzkes ; Utkan Demirci ; Timothy J. Henrich
SESSION P-F9 Poster Session
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Poster Hall
Stem Cell Transplantation
HIV-1 Reservoirs and Humoral Immunity in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Patients
Kathryn E. Stephenson; George H. Neubauer; Emily Hanhauser; Marcelo J. Wolff; Cristian Carvallo; Francisco M. Marty; Steven G. Deeks; Daniel R. Kuritzkes; Dan H. Barouch; Timothy J. Henrich
SESSION P-M3 Poster Session
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Poster Hall
HIV Detection, Tropism, and CD4 Measurement
Accuracy of POC CD4 testing using microtube capillary sampling in Botswana households
Sikhulile Moyo; Lillian Okui; Hermann Bussmann; Simani Gaseitsiwe; Erik van Widenfeldt; Molly P. Holme; Joseph Makhema; Shahin Lockman; Vladimir Novitsky; Max Essex
SESSION P-P2 Poster Session
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Poster Hall
Dyslipidemia: Mediators and Treatment
Application of New ACC/AHA Cholesterol Guidelines to an HIV Clinical Care Cohort
Mosepele Mosepele ; Susan Regan; James B. Meigs; Steven Grinspoon; Virginia A. Triant
SESSION P-U8 Poster Session
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Poster Hall
Tuberculosis and Other Coinfections in Children With HIV
Safety of Rifabutin in HIV/TB-Coinfected Children on Protease Inhibitor-Based ART
Holly E. Rawizza; Kristin M. Darin; Kimberly K. Scarsi; Biobele Brown; Regina Oladokun; Nkiru David; Sulaimon Akanmu; Oluremi Olaitan; Prosper Okonkwo; Phyllis Kanki
SESSION P-X2 Poster Session
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Poster Hall
Linkage to and Retention in Care
Retention in a Decentralized HIV Care and Treatment Program in North Central Nigeria
Patricia Agaba; Becky L. Genberg; Solomon Sagay; Oche Agbaji; Nancin Dadem; Grace Kolawole; Prosper Okonkwo; Seema Meloni; Phyllis Kanki; Norma C. Ware
Thursday, February 26, 2015
SESSION TD-M Themed Discussion
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – Room 615
Identifying Recent Infections: Issues of False Recency
A Generalized Entropy Measure of Viral Diversity for Identifying Recent HIV-1 Infections
Julia W. Wu; Oscar Patterson-Lomba; Marcello Pagano
SESSION P-B1 Poster Session
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Poster Hall
Viral Origins and Recombinant Forms
Clinical and Virological Characterization of CRF07_BC infection
Szu-Wei Huang; Sheng-Fan Wang; Chih-Hao Lee ; Wing-Wai Wong ; Hung-Chin Tsai ; Chia-Jui Yang; Chin-Tien Wang; Jaang-Jiun Wang ; Daniel Kuritzkes ; Yi-Ming A. Chen
SESSION P-C8 Poster Session
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Poster Hall
Aging and Immune Senescence
Age Associated Increases in Markers of Microbial Translocation and Inflammation in HIV-1 Infection
Eileen Scully; Ainsley Lockhart; Lisa Huang; Marisol RomeroTejeda; Mary Albrecht; Chrstine D. Palmer; Ronald Bosch; Marcus Altfeld; Daniel Kuritzkes; Nina Lin
SESSION P-L3 Poster Session
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Poster Hall
Transmitted HIV Drug Resistance: Assessing the Threat
High Rates of Early Virologic Failure in a Cohort of Tanzanian HIV-Infected Adults
Claudia A. Hawkins; Nzovu Ulenga; Enju Liu; Said Aboud; Ferdinand Mugusi; Guerino Chalamilla; David Sando; Eric Aris; Wafaie Fawzi
SESSION PQ-13 Poster Session
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Poster Hall
Depression and Alcohol Use Disorders
Depression and Treatment Outcomes Among Tanzanian Adults Initiating HAART
Christopher R. Sudfeld; Sylvia Kaaya; Nilupa S. Gunaratna; Wafaie Fawzi; Ferdinand Mugusi ; Mary C. Smith Fawzi
SESSION P-T4 Poster Session
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Poster Hall
Health Outcomes of HIV- and ARV-Exposed Infants, Children, and Youth
Malnutrition Among HIV-Exposed Uninfected Children in Botswana
Kathleen M. Powis; Quanhong Lei ; Yvonne Chinyanga; Esther Tumbare; Nealia Khan; Jacinta Sibiya; Erik van Widenfelt; Joseph Makhema; Roger Shapiro
Reassuring Birth Outcomes Data With Atripla Used for PMTCT in Botswana
Rebecca Zash; Jennifer Y. Chen; Sajini Souda; Scott DrydenPeterson; Shahin Lockman; Mompati Mmalane; Joseph Makhema; Max Essex; Roger Shapiro
SESSION P-V6 Poster Session
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Poster Hall
HIV Prevention, Miscellaneous
Long-Term ART Outcomes in Botswana Encouraging Treatment as Prevention Approach
Hermann Bussmann; William C. Wester; Ernest Fetogang; Tony Chebani; Sikhulile Moyo; Naledi M. Mlaudzi ; Erik V. Widenfelt; Joseph Makhema; Max Essex; Richard Marlink