Measles virus infection diminishes preexisting antibodies that offer protection from other pathogens

…, DF Choy, MS Wilson, HB Larman, AN Nelson… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Measles virus is directly responsible for more than 100,000 deaths yearly. Epidemiological
studies have associated measles with increased morbidity and mortality for years after …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of T cell responses during measles virus infection and RNA clearance

AN Nelson, N Putnam, D Hauer, VK Baxter… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Measles is an acute viral disease associated both with immune suppression and development
of life-long immunity. Clearance of measles virus (MeV) involves rapid elimination of …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccines for perinatal and congenital infections—How close are we?

…, CE Otero, K Li, SM Valencia, AN Nelson… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Congenital and perinatal infections are transmitted from mother to infant during pregnancy
across the placenta or during delivery. These infections not only cause pregnancy …

[HTML][HTML] Association of persistent wild-type measles virus RNA with long-term humoral immunity in rhesus macaques

AN Nelson, WHW Lin, R Shivakoti, NE Putnam… - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recovery from measles results in life-long protective immunity. To understand induction of
long-term immunity, rhesus macaques were studied for 6 months after infection with wild-type …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the causes and consequences of measles virus persistence

DE Griffin, WHW Lin, AN Nelson - F1000Research, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Measles is an acute systemic viral disease with initial amplification of infection in lymphoid
tissue and subsequent spread over 10–14 days to multiple organs. Failure of the innate …

Plasma cytokines and chemokines in Zambian children with measles: innate responses and association with HIV-1 coinfection and in-hospital mortality

WHW Lin, AN Nelson, JJ Ryon… - The Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
To identify immune factors present during the acute rash phase of measles and associations
with outcome and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) coinfection, we measured …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and opportunities of therapies targeting early life immunity for pediatric hiv cure

SJ Berendam, AN Nelson, B Yagnik… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Early initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) significantly improves clinical outcomes and
reduces mortality of infants/children living with HIV. However, the ability of infected cells to …

Pediatric HIV: the potential of immune therapeutics to achieve viral remission and functional cure

SJ Berendam, AN Nelson, R Goswami… - Current HIV/AIDS …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose of Review In the absence of antiretroviral therapy (ART), more than 50% of perinatally
HIV-infected children die by 2 years of age. Early ART from infancy is therefore a global …

Simian-human immunodeficiency virus SHIV. CH505-infected infant and adult rhesus macaques exhibit similar env-specific antibody kinetics, despite distinct T …

AN Nelson, R Goswami, M Dennis, J Tu… - Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Global elimination of pediatric human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections will require
the development of novel immune-based approaches, and understanding infant immunity to …

Maternal intervention to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV: moving beyond antiretroviral therapy

JF Mangold, R Goswami, AN Nelson… - The Pediatric …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Widespread availability of antiretroviral therapy among pregnant women living with HIV has
greatly reduced the rate of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV across the globe. …