Natasha Samsunder
About
Natasha Samsunder is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Virology and Epidemiology.
According to data from OpenAlex, Natasha Samsunder has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Infectious Diseases, 26 papers in Virology and 23 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Natasha Samsunder's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (33 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (26 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (15 papers). Natasha Samsunder is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (33 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (26 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (15 papers). Natasha Samsunder collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Canada. Natasha Samsunder's co-authors include Salim S. Abdool Karim, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Ayesha B. M. Kharsany, Nigel Garrett, Janet Frohlich, Lise Werner, Vivek Naranbhai, Cheryl Baxter, Anneke Grobler and Leila E. Mansoor and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
In The Last Decade
Natasha Samsunder
56 papers receiving 1.2k citations
Peers
Natasha Samsunder
Rose Bosire United States
Shannon Galvin United States
Mohammed Kiddugavu Uganda
Manisha Ghate India
José Henrique Pilotto Brazil
Noel E. Sam Tanzania
William Kilembe United States
Sungwal Rugpao Thailand
Joelle Brown United States
Fatima Laher South Africa
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Rose Bosire
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Fields of papers citing papers by Natasha Samsunder
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Natasha Samsunder
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Natasha Samsunder. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Natasha Samsunder based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Natasha Samsunder. Natasha Samsunder is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
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Gengiah, Tanuja N., Lara Lewis, Ishana Harkoo, et al.. (2025). Safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of an annual tenofovir alafenamide silicone subdermal implant in South African women: a two-part, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, first-in-human, phase 1 trial. The Lancet HIV. 12(8). e556–e567.
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Dorward, Jienchi, Katya Govender, Pravi Moodley, et al.. (2023). Urine tenofovir and dried blood spot tenofovir diphosphate concentrations and viraemia in people taking efavirenz and dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 38(5). 697–702.
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Samsunder, Natasha, Nikita Devnarain, Aida Sivro, & Ayesha B. M. Kharsany. (2023). The Performance of Diagnostic Tests for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the South African Population: A Scoping Review. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 8(12). 514–514.
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Dorward, Jienchi, Richard Lessells, Katya Govender, et al.. (2023). Diagnostic accuracy of a point‐of‐care urine tenofovir assay, and associations with HIV viraemia and drug resistance among people receiving dolutegravir and efavirenz‐based antiretroviral therapy. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 26(9). e26172–e26172.
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Moodley, Dhayendre, Carl Lombard, Megeshinee Naidoo, et al.. (2023). Pregnancy and neonatal safety outcomes of timing of initiation of daily oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention (CAP016): an open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial. The Lancet HIV. 10(3). e154–e163.
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Samsunder, Natasha, Gila Lustig, Margaretha de Vos, et al.. (2023). Performance of rapid antigen tests in identifying Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 infections in South Africa. Journal of Clinical Virology. 165. 105498–105498.
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Dorward, Jienchi, Yukteshwar Sookrajh, Hope Ngobese, et al.. (2021). Protocol for a randomised feasibility study of Point-Of-care HIV viral load testing to Enhance Re-suppression in South Africa: the POwER study. BMJ Open. 11(2). e045373–e045373.
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Mansoor, Leila E., Nonhlanhla Yende‐Zuma, Cheryl Baxter, et al.. (2019). Integrated provision of topical pre‐exposure prophylaxis in routine family planning services in South Africa: a non‐inferiority randomized controlled trial. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 22(9). e25381–e25381.
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Sharma, Monisha, Jienchi Dorward, Pravi Moodley, et al.. (2019). Comparative cost analysis of point-of-care versus laboratory-based testing to initiate and monitor HIV treatment in South Africa. PLoS ONE. 14(10). e0223669–e0223669.
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Liebenberg, Lenine J. P., Lyle R. McKinnon, Nonhlanhla Yende‐Zuma, et al.. (2019). HPV infection and the genital cytokine milieu in women at high risk of HIV acquisition. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5227–5227.
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Samsunder, Natasha, Sinaye Ngcapu, Lara Lewis, et al.. (2019). Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus: Findings from a population-based household survey in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 85. 150–157.
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Mahomed, Sharana, Nigel Garrett, Edmund V. Capparelli, et al.. (2019). Assessing the safety and pharmacokinetics of the monoclonal antibodies, VRC07-523LS and PGT121 in HIV negative women in South Africa: study protocol for the CAPRISA 012A randomised controlled phase I trial. BMJ Open. 9(7). e030283–e030283.
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Garrett, Nigel, Farzana Osman, Bhavna Maharaj, et al.. (2018). Beyond syndromic management: Opportunities for diagnosis-based treatment of sexually transmitted infections in low- and middle-income countries. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0196209–e0196209.
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Dorward, Jienchi, Nigel Garrett, Justice Quame‐Amaglo, et al.. (2017). Protocol for a randomised controlled implementation trial of point-of-care viral load testing and task shifting: the Simplifying HIV TREAtment and Monitoring (STREAM) study. BMJ Open. 7(9). e017507–e017507.
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Soares, Andreia, Nigel Garrett, Natasha Samsunder, et al.. (2016). Effect of Antiretroviral Therapy on the Memory and Activation Profiles of B Cells in HIV-Infected African Women. The Journal of Immunology. 198(3). 1220–1228.
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Kharsany, Ayesha B. M., Zizipho Z. A. Mbulawa, Vivek Naranbhai, et al.. (2016). High Burden of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection among Young Women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0146603–e0146603.
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Selhorst, Philippe, Lindi Masson, Natasha Samsunder, et al.. (2016). Cervicovaginal Inflammation Facilitates Acquisition of Less Infectious HIV Variants. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 64(1). 79–82.
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Karim, Salim S. Abdool, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Ayesha B. M. Kharsany, et al.. (2015). Tenofovir Gel for the Prevention of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection. New England Journal of Medicine. 373(6). 530–539.
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Kharsany, Ayesha B. M., Janet Frohlich, Nonhlanhla Yende‐Zuma, et al.. (2014). HIV Infection in High School Students in Rural South Africa: Role of Transmissions Among Students. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 30(10). 956–965.
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Karim, Quarraisha Abdool, Ayesha B. M. Kharsany, Hilton Humphries, et al.. (2014). Prevalence of HIV, HSV-2 and pregnancy among high school students in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a bio-behavioural cross-sectional survey. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 90(8). 620–626.
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