Infectious Diseases Research

Publications

The UCLA Division of Infectious Diseases influences scientific progress, policy and discourse through publications in high-impact journals. Keep up with the latest articles from our faculty here:

June 2026

  1. Wang Y, Arumugam B, Doud E, DeLuca D, Rebelo M, Yang OO, Spokoyny AM. Atomically Precise Polyanionic Boron Cluster Agents with Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Activity. Precis Chem. 2026 Apr 27;4(5):564-570. doi: 10.1021/prechem.6c00019. PMID: 42222709; PMCID: PMC13217325.
  2. Miller AP, Joseph Davey DL, Groenewald C, Filiatreau LM, Petersen Z, van Rooyen H, Essack Z. Intersecting Vulnerabilities: Depression, Suicidality, and HIV Risk Among Young Mothers in South Africa. AIDS Behav. 2026 Jun 3. doi: 10.1007/s10461-026-05188-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42234303.
  3. Nasuuna EM, Hoffman R, Kalyesubula R, Chikwari CD, Weiss HA. Kidney abnormalities in young people living with HIV on dolutegravir-based regimens in Kampala, Uganda. AIDS Res Ther. 2026 Jun 6. doi: 10.1186/s12981-026-00893-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42251428.
  4. Ramaswami R, Nordwall JA, Gilbert D, Kitchell E, Timiryasova A, Mitsuyasu R, Phillips AN, Lundgren J, Grabar S. Early antiretroviral therapy and long-term cancer risk in HIV: 9-year outcomes from the START randomized trial. BMC Cancer. 2026 Jun 6. doi: 10.1186/s12885-026-16188-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42251304.
  5. Kinzie PR, Lombe B, Merritt S, Halbrook M, Vakaniaki EH, Mukadi P, L'k'ye AM, Mona J, Kanonge D, Mfwangkang M, Witte D, Melofchik C, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Hoff NA, Twabela A, Mbala-Kingebeni P, Hensley LE, Rimoin AW. Implementation of a One Health Surveillance System in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ecohealth. 2026 Jun 7. doi: 10.1007/s10393-026-01802-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42251628.
  6. Sherwood K, Zhang N, David H, Dekker A, Garner O, Samuels E, Adamson P. HIV and Syphilis Testing Among Patients Tested for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia in Emergency Departments. West J Emerg Med. 2026 Apr 21;27(3):775-783. doi: 10.5811/westjem.48813. PMID: 42258878; PMCID: PMC13246186.
  7. Olson TE, Lloyd TS, Hamad CD, Chun RF, Wiener J, Golzar A, Mehany J, Shahamatdar S, Kittredge A, Pearce L, Francis KP, Obeidin F, Holly LT, Yeaman MR, Adams JS, Bernthal NM, Sheppard WL. Spinal Implant-Associated Infection in Type 2 and Type 1 Diabetes: Phenotype-Specific Inflammatory Features and Therapeutic Response to Semaglutide. JOR Spine. 2026 May 28;9(2):e70196. doi: 10.1002/jsp2.70196. PMID: 42253285; PMCID: PMC13239351.
  8. Nishimura H, Agot K, Gutin SA, Olugo P, Lewis-Kulzer J, Kwena Z, Thorp M, Ayieko B, Thirumurthy H, Camlin CS. Motivations for testing and linkage to HIV services following HIV self-testing among fishermen in Kenya: a qualitative analysis. AIDS Care. 2026 Jun 9:1-12. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2026.2676207. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42261910.
  9. Allan-Blitz LT, Klausner JD. Beyond Ceftriaxone: The Future of Gonorrhea Diagnosis and Treatment. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 Jun 12:ciag214. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciag214. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42281390.
  10. Ramirez C, Edmonds A, Parish C, Vogan M, Barino B, Aouizerat B, Brown TT, Weber KM, Sheth AN, D'Souza G, Merenstein D, Jones DL, Alcaide ML, Stosor V, Chew KW, Janorkar DA, Bezamat M, Gustafson D, Louis J, Westreich D, Sellers SA, Floris-Moore MA, Drummond MB, Ribeiro AA. Dental disease among adults with and without HIV in the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study (MWCCS). BMC Oral Health. 2026 Jun 13. doi: 10.1186/s12903-026-08822-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42288840.
  11. Kaloper S, Murray AT, Reid S, Gorbach P, Cassels S. Exploring spatial uncertainty in HIV risk locations: individual characteristics and geographic reporting accuracy. BMC Public Health. 2026 Jun 17. doi: 10.1186/s12889-026-27988-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42304332.
  12. Kindrachuk J, Rimoin AW. Mpox: virus expansion, evolution, and immune recognition. Lancet Infect Dis. 2026 Jun 18:S1473-3099(26)00302-6. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(26)00302-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42314721.
  13. Appa A, Javanbakht M, Spinelli M, Heise MJ, Steiner G, Bolanos R, Okochi H, Gorbach P, Gandhi M. Hair Testing to Detect Long-term Methamphetamine Use in People Living with and without HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2026 Jun 22. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003918. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42330998.
  14. Mbala-Kingebeni P, Boum Y, Fallah MP, Wilson B, Belizaire MR, Hoff NA, Sprecher A, Hensley LE, Kindrachuk J, Rimoin AW. Bundibugyo Ebola in DR Congo and Uganda: community-centred response must be operational, not rhetorical. Lancet Infect Dis. 2026 Jun 23:S1473-3099(26)00322-1. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(26)00322-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42335914.
  15. Bach E, Breschi A, Wang Y, Carroll MK, Luk W, Han A, Short S, Cimermančič P, Drake KA, Cook LJ, Snyder T, Smith TJ, Yeaman MR, Kim CC; Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation CIRCLES Study Group. Prognostic Biomarker Signature of Relapse in Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders in the CIRCLES Observational Study. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2026 Jul;13(4):e200611. doi: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000200611. Epub 2026 Jun 23. PMID: 42335442.
  16. Møller Jensen C, Zargari Marandi R, Moestrup KS, Mourad A, Mena Lora AJ, Sherman BT, Vock DM, Nordwall JA, Carson JM, Peiffer-Smadja N, Aggarwal NR, Naiman NE, Brown SM, Barrett TW, Hatlen T, Kjærgaard VS, Chang W, Sydes MR, Lundgren J, Jensen TO; STRIVE Network and ITAC and TICO Study Groups. Comparing risk factors in severe COVID-19 using machine learning and non-machine learning methods: analysis from 2 international randomized controlled trials. JAMIA Open. 2026 Jun 23;9(3):ooag079. doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooag079. PMID: 42344108; PMCID: PMC13289610.
  17. Forer R, Clark JL, Gutierrez J, Segura E, Valladares R, Castro JL, Kumar N, Lake JE, Cabello R, Blair CS. Unpacking "High-Risk": A Latent Class Analysis of Sexual Partnership Patterns and HIV Transmission Risk Among Gay, Bisexual, and other Men who have Sex with Men in Perú. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2026 Apr 27. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003893. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42357994.
  18. Awwad A, Das Adhikari U, Burdo TH, Baak S, Dalal MS, Fichtenbaum CJ, Zanni MV, Aberg JA, Currier JS, Bloomfield GS, Chu SM, Lu AB, Douglas PS, Ribaudo HJ, Kwon DS, Grinspoon SK. Pitavastatin effect on enterocyte injury markers in an ART treated HIV population: Insights from REPRIEVE. AIDS. 2026 Jun 26. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000004572. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42357945.
  19. Hermann JN, Kruger SE, Wodniak N, Holland J, Janosick V, Sanchez A, Zuniga-Moya JC, Brucker D, Torres B, Melo KM, Oliveros E, Kuran R, D'Assumpcao C, Johnson RH, Pelt RSV, Bhattachan A, Wagner AL, Head JR. Intent to Accept a Valley Fever Vaccine for Humans and Dogs and Factors Influencing Intended Uptake: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Two Endemic Regions. J Fungi (Basel). 2026 Jun 10;12(6):420. doi: 10.3390/jof12060420. PMID: 42346549; PMCID: PMC13301879.
  20. Goto M, Imai S, Cho H, Merchant JA, Goetz MB, Perencevich EN, Alexander B, Shi Q, Holcombe A, Livorsi DJ. DASC-LOT Framework and S3 Metric: A Novel Evaluation and Benchmarking Method to Assess Initiation, Duration, and Spectrum of Antimicrobial Usage at Inpatient Hospital Settings. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 Jun 25:ciag389. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciag389. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42345285.
  21. Mishra NN, Black CA, Abdelhady W, Farah S, Rodas NA, Brizuela J, Lopez CB, Artaza JN, Sakoulas G, Rose WE. Impact on daptomycin resistance using combination of daptomycin plus ceftaroline in daptomycin-susceptible and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus. FEMS Microbes. 2026 Mar 5;7:xtag013. doi: 10.1093/femsmc/xtag013. PMID: 42376069; PMCID: PMC13312282.
  22. Joseph Davey D. Enabled self-care for HIV infection: an inflection point for sustainable epidemic control. Lancet Glob Health. 2027 Apr 14:103970. doi: 10.1016/j.langlo.2026.103970. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42372776.
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