The annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) brings together top basic, translational, and clinical researchers from around the world to share the latest studies, important developments, and best research methods in the ongoing battle against HIV/AIDS and related infectious diseases.
CROI 2017 will be held from February 13 to February 16, 2017, in Seattle, Washington, at the Washington State Convention Center. Webcasts, abstracts, electronic posters, and other electronic resources from CROI 2017 will be available online after the conference ends.
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 14, 2017
SESSION 0-3 Oral Abstract O-2: CRITICAL ISSUES IN WOMEN’S HEALTH, MTCT, AND HIV TREATMENT IN CHILDREN
Oral Abstract Moderators Mary Glenn Fowler, The Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore,
MD, USA
Paolo Rossi, Children Hosp Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
10:45am Room 606/609
ADVERSE BIRTH OUTCOMES DIFFER BY ART REGIMEN FROM CONCEPTION IN BOTSWANA
Rebecca Zash, Denise Jacobson, Modiegi Diseko, Gloria Mayondi, Mompati Mmalane, Chipo Petlo, Max Essex, Shahin Lockman, Joseph Makhema, Roger L. Shapiro
THEMED DISCUSSION TD-3: HIV, MIGRATION, AND ACCESS TO CARE
1:30-2:30pm Room 606/609
Themed Discussion Leader Andrea Howard, Columbia Univ, New York, NY, USA
IMMIGRANTS AND BOTSWANA’S ART PROGRAM: POTENTIAL BARRIERS TO EPIDEMIC CONTROL
Tafireyi Marukutira, Mary Grace Alwano, Stephanie Behel, Joseph N. Jarvis1, Unoda Chakalisa, Kathleen Powis, William Bapati, Gene Ussery, Refeletswe Lebelonyane, Pamela J. Bachanas
Poster P-B1: UNDERSTANDING NETWORKS AND LINKED INFECTIONS: FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL
2:30-4:00pm Poster Hall 4EF
STRUCTURE OF HIV-1C TRANSMISSION NETWORK IN SOUTHERN BOTSWANA, 2016
Vlad Novitsky, Sikhulile Moyo, Melissa Zahralban-Steele, Baitshepi Mokaleng, Dorcas Maruapula, Mary F. McLane, Kathleen Wirth, Lisa A. Mills, Simani Gaseitsiwe, Max Essex
Poster P-F7 HOST AND VIRAL BIOMARKERS
2:30-4:00pm Poster Hall 4EF
EXTENSIVE EFAVIRENZ METABOLISM IS ASSOCIATED WITH GREATER CNS TOXICITY
Marijana Vujkovic, Scarlett Bellamy, Athena Zuppa, Marc Gastonguay, Xiaoyan Han, Mosepele Mosepele, Gregory Bisson, Richard Aplenc, Robert Gross
Poster P-J4 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR RESISTANCE
2:30-4:00pm Poster Hall 4EF
DRUG RESISTANCE AFTER CESSATION OF EFAVIRENZ-BASED ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT
Gbolahan Ajibola, Christopher Rowley, Kathleen M. Powis, Sikhulile Moyo, Jean Leidner, Kara Bennett, Florence Chilisa, Joseph Makhema, Roger L. Shapiro, Shahin Lockman
Poster P-N6 INTEGRATION OF SCREENING AND TREATMENT OF NCD INTO HIV CARE IN RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTINGS
2:30-4:00pm Poster Hall 4EF
CARDIOVASCULAR RISK ASSESSMENT IN A SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA HIV CLINICAL COHORT
Mosepele Mosepele, Linda C. Hemphill, Tommy Palai, Isaac Nkele, Kara Bennett, Shahin Lockman, Virginia Triant
Poster P-Q4 OUTCOMES OF HIV AND ARV-EXPOSED INFANTS
2:30-4:00pm Poster Hall 4EF
PREDICTORS OF NEURODEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN OF HIVINFECTED AND -UNINFECTED WOMEN
Jean Leidner, Paige L. Williams, Gloria Mayondi, Penny Holding, Adam Cassidy, Joseph Makhema, Chipo Petlo, Charlotte Mdluli, Shahin Lockman, Betsy Kammerer
MATERNAL ART ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED PROTECTIVE TRANSPLACENTAL ANTIBODY TRANSFER
Scott Dryden-Peterson, Elize de Bruyn, Gloria Mayondi, Betsy Kammerer, Jean Leidner, Roger L. Shapiro, Haruna Jibril, Shabir Madhi, Shahin Lockman
Poster P-S5 MEASURING HIV INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE
2:30-4:00pm Poster Hall 4EF
IMPROVED EVALUATION OF HIV PREVALENCE ADJUSTING FOR INFORMATIVE NONPARTICIPATION
Linbo Wang, Erik VanWidenfelt, Chloe Auletta-Young, Nealia Khan, Etienne Kadima, Unoda Chakalisa, Tendani Gaolathe, Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, Kathleen Wirth
Poster P-W2 INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE THE CARE CASCADE
2:30-4:00pm Poster Hall 4EF
TREATMENT NEED AND FAST-TRACK ART IN THE BOTSWANA COMBINATION PREVENTION PROJECT
Refeletswe Lebelonyane, Lisa A. Mills, Joe Theu, Lisa Block, Michael Kasonde, Tony Chebani, Shenaaz el-Halabi, Elliot Raizes, Shahin Lockman, Joseph N. Jarvis
LINKAGE TO CARE OUTCOMES IN THE BOTSWANA COMBINATION PREVENTION PROJECT
Mary Grace Alwano, Pamela J. Bachanas, Catherine Motswere, Tafireyi Marukutira, Baraedi W Sento, Nokuthula Majingo, Shahin Lockman, Molly Pretorius Holme, Huisheng Wang, Janet Moore
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Oral Abstract O-7 TB AND OTHER OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS
Oral Abstract Moderators Haileyesus Getahun, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland Richard Hafner, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
11:30am Room 6C
AMBITION-CM: HIGH-DOSE LIPOSOMAL AMPHOTERICIN FOR HIV-RELATED CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS
Joseph N. Jarvis, Tshepo B. Leeme, Awilly A. Chofle, Gabriella Bidwell, Mooketsi Molefi, Katlego Tsholo, Nametso Lekwape, Charles Muthoga, Síle Molloy, Thomas S. Harrison
Themed Discussion TD-7 CNS TREATMENT STRATEGIES: RISK AND BENEFITS
Themed Discussion Leader Ned Sacktor, MD, The Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD, USA
1:30-2:30pm Room 611/614
EXTENSIVE EFAVIRENZ METABOLISM IS ASSOCIATED WITH GREATER CNS TOXICITY
Marijana Vujkovic, Scarlett Bellamy, Athena Zuppa, Marc Gastonguay, Xiaoyan Han, Mosepele Mosepele, Gregory Bisson, Richard Aplenc, Robert Gross
Themed Discussion TD-11 INTEGRATION OF SCREENING AND TREATMENT OF NCD INTO HIV CARE IN RESOURCE LIMITED SETTINGS
Themed Discussion Leader Matthias Egger, MD, Inst of Social and Preventive Medicine, Univ of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
1:30-2:30pm Room 6E
CARDIOVASCULAR RISK ASSESSMENT IN A SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA HIV CLINICAL COHORT
Kara Bennett, Shahin Lockman, Virginia Triant
Poster P-Q5 HIV DIAGNOSIS IN NEWBORNS AND INFANTS
2:30-4:00pm Poster Hall 4EF
EVALUATION OF THE CEPHEID HIV-1 QUAL POINT-OF-CARE TEST FOR HIV DIAGNOSIS AT BIRTH
Maryanne R. Ibrahim, Sikhulile Moyo, Terence Mohammed, Kenneth Maswabi, Gbolahan Ajibola, Rebecca Gelman, Chloe Auletta-Young, Shahin Lockman, Joseph Makhema, Roger L. Shapiro
TARGETED HIV SCREENING AT BIRTH CAN IDENTIFY THE MAJORITY OF IN UTERO TRANSMISSIONS
Maryanne R. Ibrahim, Kenneth Maswabi, Gbolahan Ajibola, Sikhulile Moyo, Michael D. Hughes, Chloe Auletta-Young, Daniel R. Kuritzkes, Mathias Lichterfeld, Joseph Makhema, Roger L. Shapiro
Poster P-W1 MEASURING THE GLOBAL HIV CARE CASCADE
2:30-4:00pm Poster Hall 4EF
BOTSWANA’S PROGRESS TOWARDS THE THIRD “90”: VIRAL SUPPRESSION IN THE MASA PROGRAM
Madisa Mine, Julia Ngidi, Lesego Gabaititi, Joseph N. Jarvis, Modiri Tau, Ava Avalos, Tendani Gaolathe, Dinah Ramabyaa, Bornaparte Nkomo
ACCURACY OF HIV AND CD4 FIELD TESTING IN THE BOTSWANA COMBINATION PREVENTION PROJECT
Ebi Bile, Pamela J. Bachanas, Fiona Maurice, Sylvia Modise, Liziwe Chebani, Vongai Makovore, Peter Fonjungo, Mary Grace Alwano, William Bapati, Joseph N. Jarvis
Poster P-W3 HIV, MIGRATION, AND ACCESS TO CARE
2:30-4:00pm Poster Hall 4EF
IMMIGRANTS AND BOTSWANA’S ART PROGRAM: POTENTIAL BARRIERS TO EPIDEMIC CONTROL
Tafireyi Marukutira, Mary Grace Alwano, Stephanie Behel, Joseph N. Jarvis, Unoda Chakalisa, Kathleen Powis, William Bapati, Gene Ussery, Refeletswe Lebelonyane, Pamela J. Bachanas
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Poster P-J1 PREVALENCE AND INCIDENCE OF HIV DRUG RESISTANCE
2:30-4:00pm Poster Hall 4EF
LOW PREVALENCE OF NRTI, NNRTI, AND PI DRUG RESISTANCE MUTATIONS IN BOTSWANA
Sikhulile Moyo, Simani Gaseitsiwe, Melissa Zahralban-Steele, Dorcas Maruapula, Phillimon P. Sebogodi, Madisa Mine, Elliot Raizes, Shahin Lockman, Max Essex, Vlad Novitsky
Poster P-P9 CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS AND OTHER FUNGAL OIs
2:30-4:00pm Poster Hall 4EF
PREVALENCE OF ADVANCED HIV DISEASE AND CRYPTOCOCCAL INFECTION IN GABORONE, BOTSWANA
Kwana Lechiile, Hannah K. Mitchell, Fredah Mulenga, Irene Goercke, Martin S. Azama, Mooketsi Molefi, Tshepo B. Leeme, Mark W. Tenforde, Madisa Mine, Joseph N. Jarvis
MORTALITY DUE TO HIV-ASSOCIATED CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS IN BOTSWANA IN THE ART ERA
Tshepo B. Leeme, Raju K. Patel, Caitlin Azzo, Nametso Lekwape, Katlego Tsholo, Ephraim Tawanana, Mooketsi Molefi, Margaret Mokomane, Mark W. Tenforde, Joe N. Jarvis
Poster P-Q3 PREGNANCY AND PREGNANCY OUTCOMES
2:30-4:00pm Poster Hall 4EF
CMV VIREMIA IN HIV-POSITIVE AND -NEGATIVE PREGNANT WOMEN IN BOTSWANA
Natasha O. Moraka, Maryanne R. Ibrahim, Sikhulile Moyo, Prisca Thami, Gloria Mayondi, Christiana Smith, Adriana Weinberg, Rosemary Musonda, Simani Gaseitsiwe, Shahin Lockman