​Publications and Results  *  Publications et résultats

Publications

Sarah Khan, Kara K. Tsang, Jason Brophy, Fatima Kakkar, V Logan Kennedy, Isabelle Boucoiran, Mark H. Yudin, Deborah Money, Stanley Read & Ari Bitnun for the Canadian Pediatric and Perinatal AIDS Research Group (CPARG), the Infectious Disease Committee of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, the Canadian HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis Pharmacists Network and the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (2022). Canadian Paediatric and Perinatal HIV/AIDS Research Group consensus recommendations for infant feeding in the HIV context. JAMMI (First published: 26 January 2023)  Online paper.

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
2022
Link to AIDS 2022 (Abstract Book)
Link to International Workshop on HIV & Pediatrics 2022 (Abstract Book)
Link to CAHR 2022

Conference Presentations
2021
Link to CAHR 2021

Conference Presentations
2020
Link to CAHR 2020 Virtual Meeting Proceedings
Link to CAHR 2020 Oral Abstracts Book
Link to CAHR 2020 Abstracts Book
Link to posters

Jason Brophy, Fatima Kakkar, Terry Lee, Michael T. Hawkes, Lindy Samson, Laura Sauvé, Stanley Read, Hugo Soudeyns, Ari Bitnun, EPIC4 Study Group. ​Neurodevelopmental and Mental Health Co-morbidities in Canadian Children and Adolescents Living with HIV in the EPIC4 Cohort. Oral Presentation, CS1.01, CAHR 2020.

Madeleine A. Diallo, Doris G. Ransy, Fatima Kakkar, Jason Brophy, Lindy Samson, Ari Bitnun, Stanley Read, Michael Hawkes, Hugo Soudeyns. Genotyping of HIV-1 Isolates Infecting Children and Adolescents with Undetectable Viral Load Under Antiretroviral Therapy.Poster Presentation: BSP8.06, CAHR 2020.

Hannah Hyde-de Sousa, Isabelle Boucoiran, Silvie Valois, Suzanne Taillefer, Marc Boucher, Hugo Soudeyns, Christian Renaud,  Valérie Lamarre, Fatima Kakkar. Double Trouble: Increased Risk of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection Among HIV-exposed Newborns. Oral Presentation, CS1.02, CAHR 2020.

Laura-Kim Tremblay, Suzanne Taillefer, Silvie Valois, Christian Renaud, Marc Boucher, Valérie Lamarre, Hugo Soudeyns, Isabelle Boucoiran, Fatima Kakkar.  Risk Factors for Aberrant Newborn Growth among HIV-Exposed Infants in the Centre Maternel et Infantile sur le Sida (CMIS) Cohort. Oral Presentation, CS1.03, CAHR 2020.

Hinatea Dieumegard, Doris G. Ransy, Ari Bitnun, Jason Brophy, Lindy Samson, Fatima Kakkar, Michael T. Hawkes, Stanley Read, Armelle Le Campion, Hugo Soudeyns, EPIC4 Study Group. Impact of Sustained Viral Suppression on HIV-specific Immune Responses and T Cell Exhaustion in Children and Adolescents with Perinatally-acquired HIV Infection.Poster Presentation: BSP10.09, CAHR 2020.

Haneesha Mohan, Monica Guzman-Lenis, Evelyn Y. Laurette, Tanvi Sangvi, Oscar Tejada, Nicholas Greene, and Lena Serghides. Reproductive Toxicity Studies to Evaluate Potential Neural Tube and Other Abnormalities Associated with Dolutegravir Exposure in Pregnancy.Oral Presentation: CS1.05, CAHR 2020.
 
Shu Nan Jessica Li, Isabelle Boucoiran, Ben Tan, Joel Singer, Fatima Kakkar, Terry Lee, Jason Brophy, Deborah Money, Ariane Alimenti, Wendy Vaudry, Jeannette Comeau, Ari Bitnun, Alexander Wong, Laura Sauve. Cascades of Care for Preventing Vertical HIV Transmission. Poster Presentation: EPHP1.08, CAHR 2020.
 
Joel Singer, Laura J. Sauve, Fatima Kakkar, Terry Lee, Jason Brophy, Deborah Money, Wendy Vaudry, Ariane Alimenti, Isabelle Boucoiran, Ari Bitnun, Ben Tan, Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program. Vertical Transmission in Canada: Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program. Poster Presentation: EPHP4.10, CAHR 2020.

Julia M. Young, Ari Bitnun, Stanley E. Read, Mary Lou Smith. Neurodevelopment of HIV/ARV-Exposed Uninfected Children Compared with HIV-unexposed Uninfected Children During Early Childhood. Poster Presentation: CSP2.07, CAHR 2020

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.

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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.