2001
Can HIV-1-Contaminated Syringes Be Disinfected?
Abdala N, Gleghorn A, Carney J, Heimer R. Can HIV-1-Contaminated Syringes Be Disinfected? JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2001, 28: 487-494. DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200112150-00013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCan HIV-1-Contaminated Syringes Be Disinfected?: Implications for Transmission Among Injection Drug Users.
Abdala N, Gleghorn A, Carney J, Heimer R. Can HIV-1-Contaminated Syringes Be Disinfected?: Implications for Transmission Among Injection Drug Users. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2001, 28: 487. PMID: 11744839, DOI: 10.1097/00042560-200112150-00013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersHIV-1Undiluted bleachDrug usersHIV-1 recoveryViable HIV-1HIV-1 transmissionHarm reduction interventionsEffectiveness of bleachNeedle exchangeReduction interventionsMicroculture assaySingle rinseSterile syringeSyringesInjection behaviorEducational programsMinimal contact timeDevelopment and Application of a Genotypic AZT Resistance Assay: Quantitative Assessment of the Resistance Profile of Clinical Samples and the Relative Predictive Ability of a Resistance Index.
Kyriakides TC, Heimer RR. Development and Application of a Genotypic AZT Resistance Assay: Quantitative Assessment of the Resistance Profile of Clinical Samples and the Relative Predictive Ability of a Resistance Index. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2001, 28: 211. PMID: 11694826, DOI: 10.1097/00042560-200111010-00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsViral loadCD4 countResistance indexAZT resistanceResistance profilesBaseline viral loadHIV disease progressionLigase chain reaction assayMonths of treatmentWild-type HIV-1Resistance assaysAntiretroviral therapyDisease progressionSurrogate markerChain reaction assaysHIV-1PatientsAZTPredictive abilityClinical samplesReaction assaysCountAssaysRelative predictive abilityFurther supportDevelopment and Application of a Genotypic AZT Resistance Assay
Kyriakides T, Heimer R. Development and Application of a Genotypic AZT Resistance Assay. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2001, 28: 211-220. DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200111010-00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchViral loadCD4 countAZT resistanceResistance indexResistance profilesBaseline viral loadHIV disease progressionLigase chain reaction assayMonths of treatmentResistance assaysAntiretroviral therapyDisease progressionSurrogate markerChain reaction assaysHIV-1PatientsAZTPredictive abilityReaction assaysCountAssaysFurther supportIndexAntiretroviralsHIV
2000
Viability of HIV-1 in syringes: implications for interventions among injection drug users.
Heimer R, Abdala N. Viability of HIV-1 in syringes: implications for interventions among injection drug users. The AIDS Reader 2000, 10: 410-7. PMID: 10932845.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurvival of HIV-1 in Syringes: Effects of Temperature during Storage
Abdala N, Reyes R, Carney J, Heimer R. Survival of HIV-1 in Syringes: Effects of Temperature during Storage. Substance Use & Misuse 2000, 35: 1369-1383. PMID: 10921429, DOI: 10.3109/10826080009148220.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1999
HIV-1 Transmission in Injection Paraphernalia: Heating Drug Solutions May Inactivate HIV-1
Clatts M, Heimer R, Abdala N, Goldsamt L, Sotheran J, Anderson K, Gallo T, Hoffer L, Luciano P, Kyriakides T. HIV-1 Transmission in Injection Paraphernalia: Heating Drug Solutions May Inactivate HIV-1. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 1999, 22: 194-199. PMID: 10843535, DOI: 10.1097/00126334-199910010-00013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV-1 Transmission in Injection Paraphernalia: Heating Drug Solutions May Inactivate HIV-1
Clatts M, Heimer R, Abdala N, Goldsamt L, Sotheran J, Anderson K, Gallo T, Hoffer L, Luciano P, Kyriakides T. HIV-1 Transmission in Injection Paraphernalia: Heating Drug Solutions May Inactivate HIV-1. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 1999, 22: 194. DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199910010-00013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurvival of HIV-1 in Syringes
Abdala N, Stephens C, Griffith B, Heimer R. Survival of HIV-1 in Syringes. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 1999, 20: 73-80. PMID: 9928733, DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199901010-00011.Peer-Reviewed Original Research