selected pUBLICATIONS

1. Betancourt TS, Abrams EJ, McBain R, Fawzi MC. Family-centered approaches to the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV. J Int AIDS Soc. 2010;13 (Suppl 2):S2. PMC:2890971.

2. Toro P, Katyal M, Carter RJ, Myer L, El-Sadr WM, Nash D, Abrams EJ. Initiation of antiretroviral therapy among pregnant women in resource-limited countries: CD4+ cell count response and program retention. AIDS. 2010;24:515–524.

3. Myer L, Carter RJ, Katyal M, Toro P, El-Sadr WM, Abrams EJ. Impact of antiretroviral therapy on incidence of pregnancy among HIV-infected women in sub-Saharan Africa: a cohort study. PLoS Med. 2010;7:e1000229. PMC:2817715.

4. Mellins CA, Elkington KS, Bauermeister JA, Brackis-Cott E, Dolezal C, McKay M, Wiznia A, Bamji M, Abrams EJ. Sexual and drug use behaviour in perinatally-HIV-infected youth: mental health and family influences. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2009; 48:810–819. PMC:3033727.

5. Kankasa, C, Carter RJ, Briggs N, Bulterys M, Chama E, Cooper ER, Costa C, Spielman E, Katepa-Bwalya, M’soke T, Chole K, Ou CY, Abrams EJ. Routine offering of HIV testing to hospitalized pediatric patients at University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Lusaka, Zambia: acceptability and feasibility. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009;51(2):202–208.

6. Tonwe-Gold B, Ekouevi DK, Bosse CA, Toure S, Koné M, Becquet R , Leroy V, Toro P, Dabis F, El Sadr WM, Abrams EJ. Implementing family-focused HIV care and treatment: the first two years’ experience of the MTCT-Plus program in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Trop Med Int Health. 2009;14(2):204–212. PMC:2793410.

7. Abrams EJ, Myers L, Rosenfield A, El-Sadr W. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission services as a gateway to family-based human immunodeficiency virus care and treatment in resource-limited settings: rationale and international experience. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007;197:S101-106.

8. Mellins CA, Brackis-Cott E, Dolezal C, Abrams EJ. The role of psychosocial and family factors in adherence to antiretroviral treatment in HIV-infected children. Ped Infect Dis J. 2004;23:1035-1041.

9. Dolezal C, Mellins C, Brackis-Cott E, Abrams EJ. The reliability of reports of medical adherence from HIV+ children and their adult caregivers. J Pediatr Psychol. 2003;28(5):355-361.

10. Abrams EJ, Wiener J, Carter R, Kuhn L, Palumbo P, Nesheim S, Lee F, Vink P, and Bulterys M; for the Perinatal AIDS Collaborative Transmission Study (PACTS) Group. Maternal health factors and early pediatric antiretroviral therapy influence the rate of perinatal HIV-1 disease progression in children. AIDS. 2003;17:867-877.

11. Mellins CA, Brackis-Cott E, Dolezal C, Richards A, Nicholas S, Abrams EJ. Patterns of HIV status disclosure to perinatally infected HIV-positive children and subsequent mental health outcomes. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2001;7:101-114.

12. Abrams EJ, Weedon J, Steketee RW, Bamji M, Brown T, Kalish M, Lambert G, Schoenbaum EA, Thomas P, Thea M, and the New York City Perinatal HIV Transmission Collaborative Study Group. Association of HIV viral load early in life with disease progression among HIV-infected infants. J Infect Dis. 1998;178:101-108.

13. Abrams EJ, Matheson PB, Thomas PA, Thea DM, Krasinski K, Lambert G, Shaffer N, Bamji M, Hutson D, Grimm K, Kaul A, Bateman D, Rogers M, and the NYC Perinatal HIV Transmission Collaborative Study Group. Neonatal predictors of infection status and early death among 332 infants at risk of HIV-1 infection monitored prospectively from birth. Pediatrics. 1995;96:451-458.

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