| Female genital-tract HIV load correlates inversely with Lactobacillus species but positively with bacterial vaginosis and Mycoplasma hominis ES Beverly, MR Zariffard, QJ Wang, HY Chen, J Bremer, MH Cohen, ... Journal of Infectious Diseases 191 (1), 25-32, 2005 | 339 | 2005 |
| Utility of Amsel criteria, Nugent score, and quantitative PCR for Gardnerella vaginalis, Mycoplasma hominis, and Lactobacillus spp. for diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis in … BE Sha, HY Chen, QJ Wang, MR Zariffard, MH Cohen, GT Spear Journal of clinical microbiology 43 (9), 4607-4612, 2005 | 303 | 2005 |
| Role of virion-associated glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked proteins CD55 and CD59 in complement resistance of cell line-derived and primary isolates of HIV-1. M Saifuddin, CJ Parker, ME Peeples, MK Gorny, S Zolla-Pazner, ... The Journal of experimental medicine 182 (2), 501-509, 1995 | 282 | 1995 |
| Free Glycogen in Vaginal Fluids Is Associated with Lactobacillus Colonization and Low Vaginal pH P Mirmonsef, AL Hotton, D Gilbert, D Burgad, A Landay, KM Weber, ... PloS one 9 (7), e102467, 2014 | 255 | 2014 |
| Neuroleukin: a lymphokine product of lectin-stimulated T cells ME Gurney, BR Apatoff, GT Spear, MJ Baumel, JP Antel, MB Bania, ... Science 234 (4776), 574-581, 1986 | 246 | 1986 |
| Human α-amylase present in lower genital tract mucosal fluid processes glycogen to support vaginal colonization by Lactobacillus GT Spear, AL French, D Gilbert, MR Zariffard, P Mirmonsef, TH Sullivan, ... Journal of Infectious Diseases, jiu231, 2014 | 232 | 2014 |
| Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 incorporates both glycosyl phosphatidylinositol-anchored CD55 and CD59 and integral membrane CD46 at levels that protect from complement … M Saifuddin, T Hedayati, JP Atkinson, MH Holguin, CJ Parker, GT Spear Journal of general virology 78 (8), 1907-1911, 1997 | 210 | 1997 |
| Host cell-derived complement control proteins CD55 and CD59 are incorporated into the virions of two unrelated enveloped viruses. Human T cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type I … GT Spear, NS Lurain, CJ Parker, M Ghassemi, GH Payne, M Saifuddin The Journal of Immunology 155 (9), 4376-4381, 1995 | 208 | 1995 |
| Mannose binding lectin (MBL) and HIV X Ji, H Gewurz, GT Spear Molecular immunology 42 (2), 145-152, 2005 | 201 | 2005 |
| Interaction of mannose-binding lectin with primary isolates of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 M Saifuddin, ML Hart, H Gewurz, Y Zhang, GT Spear Journal of General Virology 81 (4), 949-955, 2000 | 201 | 2000 |
| Comparison of the diversity of the vaginal microbiota in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women with or without bacterial vaginosis GT Spear, M Sikaroodi, MR Zariffard, AL Landay, AL French, PM Gillevet Journal of Infectious Diseases 198 (8), 1131-1140, 2008 | 164 | 2008 |
| Mannose-binding lectin binds to Ebola and Marburg envelope glycoproteins, resulting in blocking of virus interaction with DC-SIGN and complement-mediated virus neutralization X Ji, GG Olinger, S Aris, Y Chen, H Gewurz, GT Spear Journal of General Virology 86 (9), 2535-2542, 2005 | 161 | 2005 |
| Detection of bacterial vaginosis‐related organisms by real‐time PCR for Lactobacilli, Gardnerella vaginalis and Mycoplasma hominis MR Zariffard, M Saifuddin, BE Sha, GT Spear FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology 34 (4), 277-281, 2002 | 159 | 2002 |
| Activation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 expression by Gardnerella vaginalis FB Hashemi, M Ghassemi, KA Roebuck, GT Spear Journal of Infectious Diseases 179 (4), 924-930, 1999 | 150 | 1999 |
| The role of bacterial vaginosis and trichomonas in HIV transmission across the female genital tract P Mirmonsef, L Krass, A Landay, GT Spear Current HIV research 10 (3), 202, 2012 | 138 | 2012 |
| Cervicovaginal levels of lactoferrin, secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor, and RANTES and the effects of coexisting vaginoses in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV … RM Novak, BA Donoval, PJ Graham, LA Boksa, G Spear, RC Hershow, ... Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 14 (9), 1102-1107, 2007 | 134 | 2007 |
| Susceptibility of HIV-1 plasma virus to complement-mediated lysis. Evidence for a role in clearance of virus in vivo. BL Sullivan, EJ Knopoff, M Saifuddin, DM Takefman, MN Saarloos, ... The Journal of Immunology 157 (4), 1791-1798, 1996 | 134 | 1996 |
| Neutralization of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 by complement occurs by viral lysis. GT Spear, BL Sullivan, AL Landay, TF Lint Journal of virology 64 (12), 5869-5873, 1990 | 114 | 1990 |
| Induction of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 expression by anaerobes associated with bacterial vaginosis FB Hashemi, M Ghassemi, S Faro, A Aroutcheva, GT Spear Journal of Infectious Diseases 181 (5), 1574-1580, 2000 | 107 | 2000 |
| Bacterial vaginosis and human immunodeficiency virus infection GT Spear, E St John, MR Zariffard AIDS Res Ther 4 (1), 25, 2007 | 105 | 2007 |
Joshua AnzingerSenior Lecturer, The University of the West IndiesVerified email at uwimona.edu.jm
