Avy Violari

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
122 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Avy Violari is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Avy Violari has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Infectious Diseases, 39 papers in Epidemiology and 37 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Avy Violari's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (81 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (37 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (25 papers). Avy Violari is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (81 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (37 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (25 papers). Avy Violari collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Avy Violari's co-authors include Shabir A. Madhi, Patrick Jean‐Philippe, James McIntyre, Diana M. Gibb, Mark F. Cotton, Abdel G. Babiker, Jan Steyn, Mark F. Cotton, Peter V. Adrian and Rachel Kidman and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Avy Violari

116 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Early Antiretroviral Therapy and Mortality among HIV-Infected Infants

2008 1.0k citations Avy Violari, Diana M. Gibb et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Influenza Vaccination of Pregnant Women and Protection of Their Infants

2014 389 citations Shabir A. Madhi, Clare Cutland et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Avy Violari South Africa	30	2.8k	1.6k	1.4k	660	547	122	4.1k
Brian Eley South Africa	40	3.6k 1.3×	2.2k 1.3×	941 0.6×	523 0.8×	555 1.0×	193	4.9k
Thanyawee Puthanakit Thailand	30	2.0k 0.7×	843 0.5×	991 0.7×	615 0.9×	282 0.5×	163	2.8k
Patrick Jean‐Philippe United States	22	2.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	544 0.8×	295 0.5×	61	2.9k
Helena Rabie South Africa	28	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	602 0.4×	351 0.5×	306 0.6×	176	2.9k
Alison Rodger United Kingdom	36	3.0k 1.1×	2.9k 1.8×	968 0.7×	680 1.0×	559 1.0×	154	5.4k
Andrew Wiznia United States	33	2.2k 0.8×	693 0.4×	1.5k 1.0×	478 0.7×	549 1.0×	130	3.3k
Motasim Badri South Africa	38	2.9k 1.0×	2.2k 1.4×	653 0.5×	389 0.6×	462 0.8×	125	4.9k
Laura Guay United States	31	4.0k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	2.6k 1.8×	607 0.9×	990 1.8×	106	4.6k
Anneke Grobler Australia	26	3.3k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	204 0.3×	1.2k 2.1×	116	5.2k
Jean-François Delfraissy France	14	3.4k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	788 1.2×	632 1.2×	16	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Avy Violari

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Avy Violari

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kidman, Rachel, et al.. (2025). Drivers of onward HIV transmission risk among adolescent boys growing up with HIV: a longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Public Health. 3(1). e001718–e001718.

Hammock, Amy C., et al.. (2024). Violence as an obstacle to HIV medication adherence and viral suppression: A daily diary investigation among adolescent boys. Social Science & Medicine. 364. 117549–117549.

Capparelli, Edmund V., Mark Mirochnick, Diana F. Clarke, et al.. (2024). Lamivudine dosing for preterm infants exposed to HIV: a population pharmacokinetic modelling and simulation study. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 79(10). 2570–2574. 1 indexed citations

Violari, Avy, et al.. (2024). Missed opportunity: low awareness of undetectable equals untransmittable (U = U) among adolescents living with HIV. AIDS Research and Therapy. 21(1). 69–69. 2 indexed citations

Innes, Steve, Barbara Laughton, Ronald van Toorn, et al.. (2020). Recovery of HIV encephalopathy in perinatally infected children on antiretroviral therapy. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 62(11). 1309–1316. 7 indexed citations

Peters, Remco P. H., Helen Struthers, Avy Violari, et al.. (2020). Implementation of a PMTCT programme in a high HIV prevalence setting in Johannesburg, South Africa: 2002–2015. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine. 21(1). 1024–1024. 9 indexed citations

Shen, Jing, Afaaf Liberty, Stephanie Shiau, et al.. (2019). Mitochondrial Impairment in Well-Suppressed Children with Perinatal HIV-Infection on Antiretroviral Therapy. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 36(1). 27–38. 7 indexed citations

Izu, Alane, Marta C. Nunes, Avy Violari, et al.. (2018). Effect of HIV exposure and timing of antiretroviral therapy initiation on immune memory responses to diphtheria, tetanus, whole cell pertussis and hepatitis B vaccines. Expert Review of Vaccines. 18(1). 95–104. 9 indexed citations

Payne, Helen, Stuart Adams, Patricia Hunter, et al.. (2018). Naive B Cell Output in HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Children. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 35(1). 33–39. 2 indexed citations

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Kidman, Rachel, Sharon Nachman, Janan Dietrich, Afaaf Liberty, & Avy Violari. (2018). Childhood adversity increases the risk of onward transmission from perinatal HIV-infected adolescents and youth in South Africa. Child Abuse & Neglect. 79. 98–106. 25 indexed citations

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Judd, Ali & Avy Violari. (2017). Does community support help children take their ART?. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 1(3). 160–161. 1 indexed citations

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Nzenze, Susan, Anne von Gottberg, Tinevimbo Shiri, et al.. (2015). Temporal Changes in Pneumococcal Colonization in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected Mother-Child Pairs Following Transitioning From 7-valent to 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Soweto, South Africa. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 212(7). 1082–1092. 33 indexed citations

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Madhi, Shabir A., Clare Cutland, Locadiah Kuwanda, et al.. (2015). Influenza Vaccination of Pregnant Women and Protection of Their Infants. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 70(1). 3–5. 125 indexed citations

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Payne, Helen, Nonhlanhla N. Mkhize, Kennedy Otwombe, et al.. (2015). Reactivity of routine HIV antibody tests in children who initiated antiretroviral therapy in early infancy as part of the Children with HIV Early Antiretroviral Therapy (CHER) trial: a retrospective analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 15(7). 803–809. 40 indexed citations

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Violari, Avy, Rosa Bologna, Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy, et al.. (2015). Safety and Efficacy of Darunavir/Ritonavir in Treatment-experienced Pediatric Patients. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 34(5). e132–e137. 13 indexed citations

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Lindsey, Jane C., Michael D. Hughes, Avy Violari, et al.. (2014). Predictors of Virologic and Clinical Response to Nevirapine versus Lopinavir/Ritonavir-based Antiretroviral Therapy in Young Children With and Without Prior Nevirapine Exposure for the Prevention of Mother-to-child HIV Transmission. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 33(8). 846–854. 14 indexed citations

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Madhi, Shabir A., Sharon Nachman, Avy Violari, et al.. (2011). Primary Isoniazid Prophylaxis against Tuberculosis in HIV-Exposed Children. New England Journal of Medicine. 365(1). 21–31. 118 indexed citations

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Choge, Isaac, Tonie Cilliers, Polly Walker, et al.. (2006). Genotypic and Phenotypic Characterization of Viral Isolates from HIV-1 Subtype C-Infected Children with Slow and Rapid Disease Progression. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 22(5). 458–465. 45 indexed citations

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Martinson, Neil, et al.. (2002). Antiretrovirals : priority programmes. South African Health Review. 2002(1). 235–255. 1 indexed citations

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Gray, Glenda, et al.. (2001). Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 in South Africa : recommendations for best practice : guidelines. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine. 2(2). 15–26. 1 indexed citations

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