Publications and Results * Publications et résultats
Publications
Ari Bitnun, Terry Lee, Jason Brophy, Lindy M. Samson, Fatima Kakkar, Wendy Vaudry, Ben Tan, Deborah M. Money, Joel Singer, Laura J. Sauvé, Ariane Alimenti, and for the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (2018). Missed opportunities for prevention of vertical HIV transmission in Canada, 1997-2016: a surveillance study. CMAJ Open, published on May 14, 2018. Online paper.
Kakkar, F., Samson, L., Vaudry, W., Brophy, J., Le Meur, J., Lapointe, N., and Bitnun, A. (2016). Safety of Combination Antiretroviral Prophylaxis in High-Risk HIV-Exposed Newborns In Canada. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 19, 20520. Abstract
Bitnun, A., Samson, L., Chun, T., Kakkar, F., Brophy, J., Murray, D., and Read, S. (2014). Early initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1-infected newborns can achieve sustained virologic suppression with low frequency of CD4+ T cells carrying HIV in peripheral blood. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 59(7), 1012-1019. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu432. Abstract
Forbes, J. C., Alimenti, A. M., Singer, J., Brophy, J. C., Bitnun, A., Samson, L. M., & the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2012). A national review of vertical HIV transmission. AIDS, 26(6), 757-763. doi: 0.1097/QAD.0b013e328350995c. Abstract
Allen, U. D., Lapointe, N., Read, S. E., Forbes, C., King, S. M., Wasfy, S., & the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2003). Response to a protease-inhibitor (ritonavir)-containing combination antiretroviral regimen in HIV-infected children. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 14(2), 89-93. Online PDF
Allen, U., Conway, B., Lapointe, N., Read, S., King, S., Forbes, J., & the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2001). High prevalence of genotypic zidovudine resistance among HIV-infected Canadian children. Acta Paediatrica, 90(7), 823-824.
Forbes, C., & the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG). (2001). Nevirapine use to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Canada. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 12(1), 13-14. Online PDF
Frank, P., Duff, S., King, M., Lapointe, N., Read, S., Forbes, J., & the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 1994). Canadian national survey of perinatal HIV infection 1991-1992. Canadian Journal of Public Health / Revue Canadienne de Santé Publique, 85(4), 239-243. Abstract
Lu, D., Liu, J., Samson, L., Bitnun, A., Seigel, S., Brophy, J., & the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2014). Factors responsible for mother-to-child HIV transmission in Ontario, Canada, 1996-2008. Can J Public Health, 105(1), e47-52. Abstract
Guidelines/Statements
Bitnun, A., Brophy, J., Samson, L., Alimenti, A., Kakkar, F., Lamarre, V., & the Infectious Diseases Committee of the SOGC. (2014). Prevention of vertical HIV transmission and management of the HIV-exposed infant in Canada in 2014. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 25(2), 75-77. Online PDF
Money, D., Tulloch, K., Boucoiran, I., & Caddy, S. (2014). SOGC Clinical Practice Guideline: Guidelines for the Care of Pregnant Women Living With HIV and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal Transmission: Executive Summary. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 36(8), 721–734. Online PDF
Conference Presentations
2019
Link to CAHR 2019 Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Link to CAHR 2019 Abstracts Book
Laura J. Sauve, Joel Singer, Fatima Kakkar, Terry Lee, Jason Brophy, Deborah Money, Ariane Alimenti, Wendy Vaudry, Isabelle Boucoiran, Jeannette Comeau, Alexander Wong, Ari Bitnun, Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2019). Prevention of vertical HIV transmission in Canada : A Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program Update
Oral Presentation, CS3.08, CAHR 2019, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
2018
Link to CAHR 2018 Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Link to CAHR 2018 Abstracts Book
Laura J. Sauve, Joel Singer, Fatima Kakkar, Terry Lee, Jason Brophy, Deborah Money, Ariane Alimenti, Wendy Vaudry, Isabelle Boucoiran, Ari Bitnun, Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2018). Towards Elimination of Vertical Transmission: Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program. Oral Presentation CS2.01, CAHR 2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Fatima Kakkar, Laura Sauve, Lindy Samson, Micheal Hawkes, Terry Lee, Jason Brophy, Ariane Alimenti, Wendy Vaudry, Joel Singer, Stanley Read, Hugo Soudeyns, Ari Bitnun, EPIC4 Study Group and Canadian & Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2018). 90/90/90? How are Canadian Infants and Children Measuring Up to UNAIDS Targets for 2020? Poster Presentation CSP5.01, CAHR 2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2017
Link to CAHR 2017 Conference, Montréal, QC, Canada
Link to CAHR 2017 Abstracts Book
Bitnun, A., Singer, J., Brophy, J., Lee, T., Kakkar, F., Alimenti, A., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2017). Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP): Demographics, Perinatal HIV Transmission, and Treatment in Pregnancy in Canada 1997-2015. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR 2017), Apr. 6-9, 2017; Oral Presentation MD4.05, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Brophy, J., Lee, T., Bitnun, A., Kakkar, F., Singer, J., Alimenti, A., and Sauve, L. (2017). Is Tenofovir Use in Pregnancy Associated with Preterm Delivery? 26th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR 2017; April 6-9); Oral Presentation CS3.06, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Singer, J., Brophy, J., Lee, T., Bitnun, A., Kakkar, F., Alimenti, A., and Sauvé, L. (2017). Predictors of suboptimal treatment of pregnant HIV-positive women in Canada. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR 2017), Apr. 6-9, 2017; Oral Presentation CS3.05, Montreal, QC, Canada.
2016
Surveillance/CPHSP
Link to CAHR 2016 Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Link to CAHR 2016 Abstracts Book
Link to IPA 2016 Abstracts Book
Alimenti, A., Sauvé, L., Samson, L., Money, D., Lee, T., Bitnun, A., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2016). Infant Zidovudine prophylaxis for PMTCT: Is 4 weeks Enough? Data from the Canadian Perinatal HIV/AIDS Surveillance (CPHSP). Paper presented at the 25th Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (May 12-15); Oral Presentation CS1.6, Winnipeg, MB, Canada & Paper presented at the 28th International Congress of Pediatrics (IPA); Poster Presentation, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Sauve, L., Singer, J., Bitnun, A., Alimenti, A., Lee, T., Samson, L., and the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2016). Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP): Demographics, perinatal HIV transmission, and treatment in pregnancy in Canada. Paper presented at the International Pediatric Association Congress (Aug. 17-22); Oral Presentation, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Singer, J., Bitnun, A., Sauve, L., Alimenti, A., Kakkar, F., Brophy, J., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2016). Predictors of suboptimal antenatal treatment of pregnant women living with HIV in Canada. Paper presented at the 25th Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (May 12-15); Oral Presentation (CS3.05), Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Singer, J., Bitnun, A., Sauve, L., Kakkar, F., Vaudry, W., Tan, B., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2016). The Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP): Demographics, Perinatal HIV Transmission, and Treatment in Pregnancy in Canada 1997-2015. Paper presented at the 25th Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR 2016; May 12-15); Oral Presentation EPH3.6, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
2015
Link to CAHR 2015 Conference, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Link to CAHR 2015 Abstracts Book
Bitnun, A., Lee, T., Samson, L., Brophy, J., Singer, J., Money, D., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2015). Vertical HIV transmission preventive interventions continue to be suboptimal in Canada: evidence from the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP). Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 26(Suppl. B), 35B (Oral Presentation O090).
Bitnun, A., Lee, T., Singer, J., Samson, L., Brophy, J., Kakkar, F., and the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2015). Missed opportunities for the prevention of vertical HIV transmission (VT): evidence from the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP). Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 24(Suppl. A), Poster Presentation P084.
Brophy, J., Lee, T., Sauve, L., Bitnun, A., Singer, J., Kakkar, F., and the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2015). Geographic origin trends among HIV+ mothers and children in Canada and impact on vertical HIV transmission rates. Paper presented at the International AIDS Society (Jul. 19-22); Oral Presentation WEPDC0101, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Abstract & Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 26(Suppl. B), 81B (Poster Presentation EPH10).
Kakkar, F., Lee, T., Bitnun, A., Samson, L., Brophy, J., Singer, J., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2015). Use of combination neonatal post-exposure prophylaxis for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP) 1997-2013. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 26(Suppl. B), 34B (Oral Presentation O089).
Singer, J., Bitnun, A., Lee, T., Samson, L., Brophy, J., Money, D., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2015). Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP): Analysis of Trends in Perinatal HIV Transmission, Treatment in Pregnancy and Demographics in Canada. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 26(Suppl. B), 82B (Poster Presentation EPH11).
Bitnun, A., Lee, T., L, S., Brophy, J., Money, D., Alimenti, A., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2015). Successes and failures of vertical HIV transmission prevention efforts in Canada: Evidence from the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP). Paper presented at the International AIDS Society (Jul 19-22); Poster Presentation MOPEC445, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Abstract
Singer, J., Bitnun, A., Lee, T., Samson, L., Brophy, J., Money, D., and CPARG (2015). The Canadian perinatal HIV surveillance program (CPHSP): program description and trends in demographics, treatment and transmission. Paper presented at the International AIDS Society (Jul. 19-22); Poster Presentation WEPDC0102, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Abstract
2014
Kakkar, F., Boucher, M., Lee, T., Sauvé, L., Samson, L., Money, D., & the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2014). High rates of Preterm births and small for gestational age in a cohort of HIV infected women in Canada: Role of Ritonavir boosted regimens? Paper presented at the IDSA (Oct. 8-12); Poster Presentation 1614, Philadelphia, PA. Abstract
Sauvé, L., Samson, L., Brophy, J., Bitnun, A., Singer, J., Forbes, C., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2014). Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP): Will 2012 be the first year with no vertical transmission in Canada? Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 25(Suppl. A), Poster Presentation P077. Abstracts Book
2013
Link to CAHR 2013 Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Link to CAHR 2013 Abstracts Book
Sauvé, L., Forbes, C., Brophy, J., Alimenti, A., Samson, L., Singer, J., and the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2013). Perinatal HIV exposure: Aboriginal Mother-Infant Pairs in Western Canada. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 24(Suppl. A), Oral Presentation O015.
Singer, J., Sauvé, L., Brophy, J., Forbes, C., Alimenti, A., Bitnun, A., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2013). Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP): Perinatal HIV Transmission, Treatment in Pregnancy and Demographics in Canada. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 24(Suppl. A), Poster Presentation P088.
2012
Link to CAHR 2012 Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada
Link to CAHR 2012 Abstracts Book
Alimenti, A., L, S., Brophy, J., Bitnun, A., Money, D., Lapointe, N., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2012). Perinatal transmission in Canada: Two generations. Paper presented at the International AIDS Society, Symposium, Children and HIV: Closing the Gap; Oral Presentation, Washington DC, July 2012. No abstract available online.
Alimenti, A., Singer, J., L, S., Lee, T., Bitnun, A., Money, D., and the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2012). Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Project (CPHSP): Perinatal HIV Transmission. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 23(13A), Oral Presentation O016.
Samson, L., Brophy, J., Alimenti, A., Singer, J., Lee, T., Money, D., & the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2012). Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP). Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 23(36A), Oral Presentation O089.
2011
Link to CAHR 2011 Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada
Link to CAHR 2011 Abstracts Book
Alimenti, A., Sauvé, L., Forbes, J., Singer, J., Lee, T., Money, D., and the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG). (2011). Perinatally HIV- infected children in Canada and those born in elsewhere. Paper presented at the Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR 2011; April 14-17); Poster Presentation P142, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Singer, J., Samson, L., Forbes, C., Alimenti, A., Lee, T., Bitnun, A., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP). (2011). Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP): Perinatal HIV Transmission and Demographics in Canada. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 22(Suppl. B), Oral Presentation O103.
2010
Link to CAHR 2010 Conference, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Link to CAHR 2010 Abstracts Book
Forbes, C., Alimenti, A., Ayers, D., Singer, J., Samson, L., Bitnun, A., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2010). Perinatal HIV therapy and vertical transmission in Aboriginal mother-infant pairs living in Canada: Data from the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP) 1997-2008. Paper presented at the 19th Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR 2010; May 13-16); Oral Presentation, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Abstracts Book
Samson, L., Forbes, C., Alimenti, A., Ayers, D., Singer, J., Bitnun, A., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2010). Perinatal HIV transmission and demographics in Canada: Data from the Canadian perinatal HIV surveillance program (CPHSP). Paper presented at the 19th Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (May 13-16); Oral Presentation, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Abstracts Book
2009
Alimenti, A., Forbes, J., L, S., Bitnun, A., Ayers, D., Singer, J., and the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2009). Perinatal HIV transmission and maternal viral load: Data from the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Project (CPHSP). Paper presented at the 18th Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (April 23-26); Oral Presentation, Vancouver, BC, Canada. No abstract available online.
2008
Alimenti, A., Forbes, J., L, S., Ayers, D., Singer, J., Lapointe, N., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Project (CPHSP; 2008). Perinatal HIV transmission and demographics in Canada 1990 to 2006: Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Project (CPHSP). Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 20(Suppl. B), 24B (Abstract). No abstract available online.
Ayres, D., Alimenti, A., Forbes, J., Samson, L., Singer, J., Lapointe, N., and the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG). (2008). Development of an online data collection procedure for the Canadian Perinatal HIV surveillance project. Paper presented at the 17th Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR 2008, Apr. 24-27); Poster Presentation, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. No abstract available online.
Samson, L., Forbes, C., Alimenti, A., Ayers, D., Singer, J., Bitnun, A., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP). (2008). Perinatal HIV transmission and demographics in Canada: data from the Canadian perinatal surveillance programme since 1990. Paper presented at the International AIDS Society (Aug 3-8); Poster Presentation MOPE0215, Mexico City, Mexico. Abstract
2007
Alimenti, A., Forbes, J., L, S., Ayers, D., Singer, J., Money, D., and the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG). (2007). Demographics of HIV infected children in Canada, 1990 to 2005: Data from the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Project (CPHSP). Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 18(Suppl. B), 46B-101B. No abstract available online.
Alimenti, A., L, S., Forbes, J., Ayers, D., Bitnun, A., Lapointe, N., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP). (2007). Perinatal HIV transmission and demographics in Canada 1990 to 2006: Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Project (CPHSP). Paper presented at the European AIDS Conference (Oct. 24-27); Poster Presentation P15.6/02, Madrid, Spain. Abstract
2006
Samson, L., Forbes, C., Alimenti, A., Singer, J., Money, D., Lapointe, N., & the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2006). Perinatal HIV exposure demographics and transmission seen in the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Project (CPHSP) from 1990. Paper presented at the 16th International AIDS Conference; Poster Presentation WEPE0274, Toronto, ON Canada (Aug. 13-18). Abstract
Videos/Webinars
Bone and renal outcomes in HIV-exposed uninfected infants with perinatal exposure to tenofovir - Dr. Jason Brophy (2012) - Link -- Effets osseux et rénaux du ténofovir chez des nourrissons qui y ont été exposés en période périnatale - Dr Jason Brophy (2012) - Lien
Kakkar, F. (2015). Intradisciplinary HIV Pregnancy Research Group & CATIE Webminar: La vie avec bébé : Enjeux et stratégies pour parents positifs.
Sauvé, L & Chown, S (2016). Peers in the clinic: integrating clinical care & community. HIV Care Rounds (Sept. 22). Webcast, St. Paul’s Center for Excellence in HIV Care, British Columbia, Canada.
Kakkar, F., Samson, L., Vaudry, W., Brophy, J., Le Meur, J., Lapointe, N., and Bitnun, A. (2016). Safety of Combination Antiretroviral Prophylaxis in High-Risk HIV-Exposed Newborns In Canada. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 19, 20520. Abstract
Bitnun, A., Samson, L., Chun, T., Kakkar, F., Brophy, J., Murray, D., and Read, S. (2014). Early initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1-infected newborns can achieve sustained virologic suppression with low frequency of CD4+ T cells carrying HIV in peripheral blood. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 59(7), 1012-1019. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu432. Abstract
Forbes, J. C., Alimenti, A. M., Singer, J., Brophy, J. C., Bitnun, A., Samson, L. M., & the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2012). A national review of vertical HIV transmission. AIDS, 26(6), 757-763. doi: 0.1097/QAD.0b013e328350995c. Abstract
Allen, U. D., Lapointe, N., Read, S. E., Forbes, C., King, S. M., Wasfy, S., & the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2003). Response to a protease-inhibitor (ritonavir)-containing combination antiretroviral regimen in HIV-infected children. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 14(2), 89-93. Online PDF
Allen, U., Conway, B., Lapointe, N., Read, S., King, S., Forbes, J., & the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2001). High prevalence of genotypic zidovudine resistance among HIV-infected Canadian children. Acta Paediatrica, 90(7), 823-824.
Forbes, C., & the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG). (2001). Nevirapine use to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Canada. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 12(1), 13-14. Online PDF
Frank, P., Duff, S., King, M., Lapointe, N., Read, S., Forbes, J., & the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 1994). Canadian national survey of perinatal HIV infection 1991-1992. Canadian Journal of Public Health / Revue Canadienne de Santé Publique, 85(4), 239-243. Abstract
Lu, D., Liu, J., Samson, L., Bitnun, A., Seigel, S., Brophy, J., & the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2014). Factors responsible for mother-to-child HIV transmission in Ontario, Canada, 1996-2008. Can J Public Health, 105(1), e47-52. Abstract
Guidelines/Statements
Bitnun, A., Brophy, J., Samson, L., Alimenti, A., Kakkar, F., Lamarre, V., & the Infectious Diseases Committee of the SOGC. (2014). Prevention of vertical HIV transmission and management of the HIV-exposed infant in Canada in 2014. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 25(2), 75-77. Online PDF
Money, D., Tulloch, K., Boucoiran, I., & Caddy, S. (2014). SOGC Clinical Practice Guideline: Guidelines for the Care of Pregnant Women Living With HIV and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal Transmission: Executive Summary. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 36(8), 721–734. Online PDF
Conference Presentations
2019
Link to CAHR 2019 Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Link to CAHR 2019 Abstracts Book
Laura J. Sauve, Joel Singer, Fatima Kakkar, Terry Lee, Jason Brophy, Deborah Money, Ariane Alimenti, Wendy Vaudry, Isabelle Boucoiran, Jeannette Comeau, Alexander Wong, Ari Bitnun, Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2019). Prevention of vertical HIV transmission in Canada : A Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program Update
Oral Presentation, CS3.08, CAHR 2019, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
2018
Link to CAHR 2018 Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Link to CAHR 2018 Abstracts Book
Laura J. Sauve, Joel Singer, Fatima Kakkar, Terry Lee, Jason Brophy, Deborah Money, Ariane Alimenti, Wendy Vaudry, Isabelle Boucoiran, Ari Bitnun, Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2018). Towards Elimination of Vertical Transmission: Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program. Oral Presentation CS2.01, CAHR 2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Fatima Kakkar, Laura Sauve, Lindy Samson, Micheal Hawkes, Terry Lee, Jason Brophy, Ariane Alimenti, Wendy Vaudry, Joel Singer, Stanley Read, Hugo Soudeyns, Ari Bitnun, EPIC4 Study Group and Canadian & Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2018). 90/90/90? How are Canadian Infants and Children Measuring Up to UNAIDS Targets for 2020? Poster Presentation CSP5.01, CAHR 2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2017
Link to CAHR 2017 Conference, Montréal, QC, Canada
Link to CAHR 2017 Abstracts Book
Bitnun, A., Singer, J., Brophy, J., Lee, T., Kakkar, F., Alimenti, A., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2017). Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP): Demographics, Perinatal HIV Transmission, and Treatment in Pregnancy in Canada 1997-2015. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR 2017), Apr. 6-9, 2017; Oral Presentation MD4.05, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Brophy, J., Lee, T., Bitnun, A., Kakkar, F., Singer, J., Alimenti, A., and Sauve, L. (2017). Is Tenofovir Use in Pregnancy Associated with Preterm Delivery? 26th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR 2017; April 6-9); Oral Presentation CS3.06, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Singer, J., Brophy, J., Lee, T., Bitnun, A., Kakkar, F., Alimenti, A., and Sauvé, L. (2017). Predictors of suboptimal treatment of pregnant HIV-positive women in Canada. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR 2017), Apr. 6-9, 2017; Oral Presentation CS3.05, Montreal, QC, Canada.
2016
Surveillance/CPHSP
Link to CAHR 2016 Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Link to CAHR 2016 Abstracts Book
Link to IPA 2016 Abstracts Book
Alimenti, A., Sauvé, L., Samson, L., Money, D., Lee, T., Bitnun, A., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2016). Infant Zidovudine prophylaxis for PMTCT: Is 4 weeks Enough? Data from the Canadian Perinatal HIV/AIDS Surveillance (CPHSP). Paper presented at the 25th Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (May 12-15); Oral Presentation CS1.6, Winnipeg, MB, Canada & Paper presented at the 28th International Congress of Pediatrics (IPA); Poster Presentation, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Sauve, L., Singer, J., Bitnun, A., Alimenti, A., Lee, T., Samson, L., and the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2016). Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP): Demographics, perinatal HIV transmission, and treatment in pregnancy in Canada. Paper presented at the International Pediatric Association Congress (Aug. 17-22); Oral Presentation, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Singer, J., Bitnun, A., Sauve, L., Alimenti, A., Kakkar, F., Brophy, J., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2016). Predictors of suboptimal antenatal treatment of pregnant women living with HIV in Canada. Paper presented at the 25th Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (May 12-15); Oral Presentation (CS3.05), Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Singer, J., Bitnun, A., Sauve, L., Kakkar, F., Vaudry, W., Tan, B., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2016). The Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP): Demographics, Perinatal HIV Transmission, and Treatment in Pregnancy in Canada 1997-2015. Paper presented at the 25th Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR 2016; May 12-15); Oral Presentation EPH3.6, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
2015
Link to CAHR 2015 Conference, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Link to CAHR 2015 Abstracts Book
Bitnun, A., Lee, T., Samson, L., Brophy, J., Singer, J., Money, D., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2015). Vertical HIV transmission preventive interventions continue to be suboptimal in Canada: evidence from the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP). Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 26(Suppl. B), 35B (Oral Presentation O090).
Bitnun, A., Lee, T., Singer, J., Samson, L., Brophy, J., Kakkar, F., and the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2015). Missed opportunities for the prevention of vertical HIV transmission (VT): evidence from the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP). Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 24(Suppl. A), Poster Presentation P084.
Brophy, J., Lee, T., Sauve, L., Bitnun, A., Singer, J., Kakkar, F., and the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2015). Geographic origin trends among HIV+ mothers and children in Canada and impact on vertical HIV transmission rates. Paper presented at the International AIDS Society (Jul. 19-22); Oral Presentation WEPDC0101, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Abstract & Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 26(Suppl. B), 81B (Poster Presentation EPH10).
Kakkar, F., Lee, T., Bitnun, A., Samson, L., Brophy, J., Singer, J., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2015). Use of combination neonatal post-exposure prophylaxis for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP) 1997-2013. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 26(Suppl. B), 34B (Oral Presentation O089).
Singer, J., Bitnun, A., Lee, T., Samson, L., Brophy, J., Money, D., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2015). Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP): Analysis of Trends in Perinatal HIV Transmission, Treatment in Pregnancy and Demographics in Canada. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 26(Suppl. B), 82B (Poster Presentation EPH11).
Bitnun, A., Lee, T., L, S., Brophy, J., Money, D., Alimenti, A., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2015). Successes and failures of vertical HIV transmission prevention efforts in Canada: Evidence from the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP). Paper presented at the International AIDS Society (Jul 19-22); Poster Presentation MOPEC445, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Abstract
Singer, J., Bitnun, A., Lee, T., Samson, L., Brophy, J., Money, D., and CPARG (2015). The Canadian perinatal HIV surveillance program (CPHSP): program description and trends in demographics, treatment and transmission. Paper presented at the International AIDS Society (Jul. 19-22); Poster Presentation WEPDC0102, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Abstract
2014
Kakkar, F., Boucher, M., Lee, T., Sauvé, L., Samson, L., Money, D., & the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2014). High rates of Preterm births and small for gestational age in a cohort of HIV infected women in Canada: Role of Ritonavir boosted regimens? Paper presented at the IDSA (Oct. 8-12); Poster Presentation 1614, Philadelphia, PA. Abstract
Sauvé, L., Samson, L., Brophy, J., Bitnun, A., Singer, J., Forbes, C., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2014). Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP): Will 2012 be the first year with no vertical transmission in Canada? Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 25(Suppl. A), Poster Presentation P077. Abstracts Book
2013
Link to CAHR 2013 Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Link to CAHR 2013 Abstracts Book
Sauvé, L., Forbes, C., Brophy, J., Alimenti, A., Samson, L., Singer, J., and the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2013). Perinatal HIV exposure: Aboriginal Mother-Infant Pairs in Western Canada. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 24(Suppl. A), Oral Presentation O015.
Singer, J., Sauvé, L., Brophy, J., Forbes, C., Alimenti, A., Bitnun, A., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2013). Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP): Perinatal HIV Transmission, Treatment in Pregnancy and Demographics in Canada. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 24(Suppl. A), Poster Presentation P088.
2012
Link to CAHR 2012 Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada
Link to CAHR 2012 Abstracts Book
Alimenti, A., L, S., Brophy, J., Bitnun, A., Money, D., Lapointe, N., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2012). Perinatal transmission in Canada: Two generations. Paper presented at the International AIDS Society, Symposium, Children and HIV: Closing the Gap; Oral Presentation, Washington DC, July 2012. No abstract available online.
Alimenti, A., Singer, J., L, S., Lee, T., Bitnun, A., Money, D., and the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2012). Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Project (CPHSP): Perinatal HIV Transmission. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 23(13A), Oral Presentation O016.
Samson, L., Brophy, J., Alimenti, A., Singer, J., Lee, T., Money, D., & the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2012). Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP). Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 23(36A), Oral Presentation O089.
2011
Link to CAHR 2011 Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada
Link to CAHR 2011 Abstracts Book
Alimenti, A., Sauvé, L., Forbes, J., Singer, J., Lee, T., Money, D., and the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG). (2011). Perinatally HIV- infected children in Canada and those born in elsewhere. Paper presented at the Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR 2011; April 14-17); Poster Presentation P142, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Singer, J., Samson, L., Forbes, C., Alimenti, A., Lee, T., Bitnun, A., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP). (2011). Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP): Perinatal HIV Transmission and Demographics in Canada. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 22(Suppl. B), Oral Presentation O103.
2010
Link to CAHR 2010 Conference, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Link to CAHR 2010 Abstracts Book
Forbes, C., Alimenti, A., Ayers, D., Singer, J., Samson, L., Bitnun, A., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2010). Perinatal HIV therapy and vertical transmission in Aboriginal mother-infant pairs living in Canada: Data from the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP) 1997-2008. Paper presented at the 19th Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR 2010; May 13-16); Oral Presentation, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Abstracts Book
Samson, L., Forbes, C., Alimenti, A., Ayers, D., Singer, J., Bitnun, A., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP; 2010). Perinatal HIV transmission and demographics in Canada: Data from the Canadian perinatal HIV surveillance program (CPHSP). Paper presented at the 19th Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (May 13-16); Oral Presentation, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Abstracts Book
2009
Alimenti, A., Forbes, J., L, S., Bitnun, A., Ayers, D., Singer, J., and the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2009). Perinatal HIV transmission and maternal viral load: Data from the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Project (CPHSP). Paper presented at the 18th Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (April 23-26); Oral Presentation, Vancouver, BC, Canada. No abstract available online.
2008
Alimenti, A., Forbes, J., L, S., Ayers, D., Singer, J., Lapointe, N., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Project (CPHSP; 2008). Perinatal HIV transmission and demographics in Canada 1990 to 2006: Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Project (CPHSP). Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 20(Suppl. B), 24B (Abstract). No abstract available online.
Ayres, D., Alimenti, A., Forbes, J., Samson, L., Singer, J., Lapointe, N., and the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG). (2008). Development of an online data collection procedure for the Canadian Perinatal HIV surveillance project. Paper presented at the 17th Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR 2008, Apr. 24-27); Poster Presentation, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. No abstract available online.
Samson, L., Forbes, C., Alimenti, A., Ayers, D., Singer, J., Bitnun, A., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP). (2008). Perinatal HIV transmission and demographics in Canada: data from the Canadian perinatal surveillance programme since 1990. Paper presented at the International AIDS Society (Aug 3-8); Poster Presentation MOPE0215, Mexico City, Mexico. Abstract
2007
Alimenti, A., Forbes, J., L, S., Ayers, D., Singer, J., Money, D., and the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG). (2007). Demographics of HIV infected children in Canada, 1990 to 2005: Data from the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Project (CPHSP). Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 18(Suppl. B), 46B-101B. No abstract available online.
Alimenti, A., L, S., Forbes, J., Ayers, D., Bitnun, A., Lapointe, N., and the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP). (2007). Perinatal HIV transmission and demographics in Canada 1990 to 2006: Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Project (CPHSP). Paper presented at the European AIDS Conference (Oct. 24-27); Poster Presentation P15.6/02, Madrid, Spain. Abstract
2006
Samson, L., Forbes, C., Alimenti, A., Singer, J., Money, D., Lapointe, N., & the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG; 2006). Perinatal HIV exposure demographics and transmission seen in the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Project (CPHSP) from 1990. Paper presented at the 16th International AIDS Conference; Poster Presentation WEPE0274, Toronto, ON Canada (Aug. 13-18). Abstract
Videos/Webinars
Bone and renal outcomes in HIV-exposed uninfected infants with perinatal exposure to tenofovir - Dr. Jason Brophy (2012) - Link -- Effets osseux et rénaux du ténofovir chez des nourrissons qui y ont été exposés en période périnatale - Dr Jason Brophy (2012) - Lien
Kakkar, F. (2015). Intradisciplinary HIV Pregnancy Research Group & CATIE Webminar: La vie avec bébé : Enjeux et stratégies pour parents positifs.
Sauvé, L & Chown, S (2016). Peers in the clinic: integrating clinical care & community. HIV Care Rounds (Sept. 22). Webcast, St. Paul’s Center for Excellence in HIV Care, British Columbia, Canada.
Talks * Présentations orales
Brophy, J. (2012). Pediatric HIV 2012 Update. Personal Communication (Dec. 11th): Saskatchewan Prevention Institute provincial HIV update, Saskatoon, SK.
Alimenti, A & Sauvé, L (2015). Pediatric HIV/Aids: Entering the 4th Decade. BC Children’s Hospital Grand Rounds (Jan. 16). Webcast, British Columbia, Canada.
Kakkar, F. (2014). Paediatric HIV in 2014: An update. Canadian Pediatric Society Annual Meeting (June 28);. Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Kakkar, F. (2016). Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV. International Pediatric Association Congress (Aug. 17-22
Lamarre, V. (2014). VIH chez l'enfant, où en sommes-nous au Québec en 2014. Conférence du Département de pédiatrie (Juin 2014), CHU Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Sauvé, L., & Forbes, C. (2008). Pediatric HIV in Canada & abroad. Paper presented at the Canadian Pediatric Society Annual Meeting (June); Poster Presentation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Lamarre, V. (2012). Prévenir la transmission mère-enfant du VIH - une réalité près de chez-vous. (Visio-Conférence, Réseau Mère-Enfant, CHU Sainte-Justine, Mars 2012).
Alimenti, A & Sauvé, L (2015). Pediatric HIV/Aids: Entering the 4th Decade. BC Children’s Hospital Grand Rounds (Jan. 16). Webcast, British Columbia, Canada.
Kakkar, F. (2014). Paediatric HIV in 2014: An update. Canadian Pediatric Society Annual Meeting (June 28);. Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Kakkar, F. (2016). Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV. International Pediatric Association Congress (Aug. 17-22
Lamarre, V. (2014). VIH chez l'enfant, où en sommes-nous au Québec en 2014. Conférence du Département de pédiatrie (Juin 2014), CHU Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Sauvé, L., & Forbes, C. (2008). Pediatric HIV in Canada & abroad. Paper presented at the Canadian Pediatric Society Annual Meeting (June); Poster Presentation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Lamarre, V. (2012). Prévenir la transmission mère-enfant du VIH - une réalité près de chez-vous. (Visio-Conférence, Réseau Mère-Enfant, CHU Sainte-Justine, Mars 2012).