Nkone, Paballo; Loubser, Shayne; Quinn, Thomas C.; Redd, Andrew D.; Ismail, Arshad; Tiemessen, Caroline T.; Mayaphi, Simnikiwe Horatious(BMC, 2022-03)
BACKGROUND : Despite multiple attempts, there is still no effective HIV-1 vaccine available. The HIV-1 polymerase (pol)
gene is highly conserved and encodes cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) epitopes. The aim of the study was ...
Nkone, Paballo; Loubser, Shayne; Quinn, Thomas C.; Redd, Andrew D.; Laeyendecker, Oliver; Tiemessen, Caroline T.; Mayaphi, Simnikiwe Horatious(MDPI, 2022-07-21)
HIV-1 incidence is an important parameter for assessing the impact of HIV-1 interventions.
The aim of this study was to evaluate HIV-1 polymerase (pol) gene sequence diversity for the
prediction of recent HIV-1 infections. ...
Mayaphi, Simnikiwe Horatious; Martin, Desmond J.; Quinn, Thomas C.; Stoltz, Anton Carel(Wiley, 2019-07)
This was a prospective study that assessed field performance of the INSTI HIV‐1/‐2 antibody test (INSTI test) in two antenatal clinics in South Africa (SA). INSTI test was evaluated against rapid tests used at these clinics, ...
Mayaphi, Simnikiwe Horatious; Martin, Desmond J.; Olorunju, Steve A.S.; Williams, Brian G.; Quinn, Thomas C.; Stoltz, Anton Carel(Public Library of Science, 2018-02-02)
OBJECTIVE : To assess the prevalence of HIV risk behaviour among sexually active HIV sero-negative
individuals in the Tshwane district of South Africa (SA). METHODS : Demographic and HIV risk behaviour data were collected ...
