Silver K. Vargas

Treponema pallidum genome sequencing from six continents reveals variability in vaccine candidate genes and dominance of Nichols clade strains in Madagascar

Nicole A. P. Lieberman, Michelle J. Lin, Hong Xie et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021 · 87 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

Same-day initiation of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis among gay, bisexual, and other cisgender men who have sex with men and transgender women in Brazil, Mexico, and Peru (ImPrEP): a prospective, single-arm, open-label, multicentre implementation study

Valdiléa G. Veloso, Carlos Cáceres, Brenda Hoagland et al. · The Lancet HIV · 2022 · 80 citations · Full text

Public Health, Infectious Disease Control, Preventive Medicine +17

Recent HIV infection and annualized HIV incidence rates among sexual and gender minorities in Brazil and Peru (ImPrEP seroincidence study): a cross-sectional, multicenter study

Thiago S. Torres, Sylvia Lopes Maia Teixeira, Brenda Hoagland et al. · The Lancet Regional Health - Americas · 2023 · 35 citations · Full text

Public Health, Infectious Disease Control, Population Health Sciences +17

The PICASSO Cohort: baseline characteristics of a cohort of men who have sex with men and male-to-female transgender women at high risk for syphilis infection in Lima, Peru

Noah Kojima, Ha Young Park, Kelika A. Konda et al. · BMC Infectious Diseases · 2017 · 34 citations · Full text

Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Preventive Medicine +16

The Relationship Between Risk Perception and Frequency of HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women, Lima, Peru

Silver K. Vargas, Kelika A. Konda, Segundo R. León et al. · AIDS and Behavior · 2018 · 33 citations

Public Health, Community Health, Population Health Sciences +16