HIV/AIDS - Selected publications

• C.P. Pau., T.C. Granade, B. Parech, G. Schochteman, C.M.De Cock, H. Gayle, C. Cernescu, R. George, Missidentification of HIV 2 proteins by Western Blots , Lancet,  337, i, 616-617, 1991
• Cernescu C., Popescu A., Tardei G., Alexandrescu R., Ruta SM., Preliminary results of HIV screening in sentinel facilities in Romania. Rom J. Virol., 44, 171-174, 1993
• Cernescu C. Ruta SM., Relevance of the reactivity of HIV 1 positive sera with synthetic peptides for understanding antigenic differences between circulating strains. Rom J. Virol, 44, 175-186, 1993.
• Cernescu CE, Tardei G, Necula A, Ruta SM, Pau CP. The serologic significance of F viral genotype for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 epidemic. J Infect Dis., 170, 1043, 1994.
• Ruta SM, Cernescu C. Syncytium forming capacity of HIV 1 strains is inhibited by pretreatment of CD 4 expressing cells with  3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine but not by alpha interferon. Rom. J. Virol, 45, 3-4, 1994
• C. Antipa, Ruta SM, C.Cernescu, Yolanda Copelovici, Ioana Strauss, Mihaela Iosipenco, Immunological disorders of increased severity in children with AIDS associated with hepatitis B and C infections, Rev. roum. Virol., 46, 3-8, 1995
• Magureanu C., Diaconu C., Alexandrescu R., Tirdei G., Cernescu C., Studies on the intermolecular forces involved in the antibody- antigen reactions  using V3 synthetic peptides and sera from HIV1 seropositive patients. Rev. roum. Virol., 45, 1-2, 1995
• Ruta SM., Matusa R., Cernescu C., Cerebrospinal fluid Western Blot profiles in the evolution of HIV-1 pediatric encephalopathy. Rom J Virol  49, 61-72, 1998.
• Chitu V, Diaconu CC, Veliceasa D, Ruta SM, Grancea C, Târdei G, Cernescu CE, Dynamics of the HIV-1 variability in adults from Bucharest, 1992-1998, Rom J. Virol, 50, 1-4, 43, 1999.
• Diaconu C, Chitu V, Tardei G, Bleotu C, Ruta SM, Grancea C, Zaharia CN, Cernescu C. Quantitative semiautomated fluorescnce based assays for biological evaluation of new anti HIV agents. Cytometry, , 42:127, 2000
• Tardei G, Duiculescu D, Capo C, Diaconu CC, Mutiu A, Mege JL, Cernescu CE.Phagocytic function of monocytes in children with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. ;7(2):296-7, 2000.
• Ruta SM, Matusa RF, Sultana C, Manolescu L, Cernescu C. The severity of low anthropometric findings within HIV infected adolescents at puberty. Proc. Rom. Academy. serie B, 5, (3-4), pp 62-7, 2003
• Ruta  SM , Matusa Floarea, Sultana Camelia, Manolescu Loredana, Cernescu C.Some limits in estimating the burden of HIV-related mobidity in Romania. Proc. Rom. Acad.Series B, , 5 (1-2),73- 8, 2003.
• Ruta SM, Matusa RF, Sultana C, Manolescu L, Cernescu C Low blood uric acid level can explain women vulnerability to HIV infection Proc. Roum. Academy serie B, 6, 61-64, 2004
• Matusa R, Ruta SM, Sultana C, Manolescu L, Cernescu C. Blood uric acid level and gender differences in the pathogenesis of HIV infection, International Proceedings of the XVth International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Medimond Press, pp.119-121, 2004
• Ruta SM, Duiculescu D, Ene L, Toni M, Dache A, Cernescu C. Challenges to delivering end of life care for adolescents with AIDS Proc. Roum. Academy serie B, 3, 191-7, 2004.
• Ruta SM, Cernescu C Health related quality of life in symptomatic HIV infected adolescents, Proc. Rom. Academy. serie B, , 7, 2-3,135-141, 2005
• Cernescu C. Ruta SM. About the founder effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 subtype F in Romanian AIDS epidemic. Proc. Rom. Academy serie B, , 7, 1, 55-60, 2005.
• Diaconu CC., Tone M.,  Ruta SM., Bleotu C., Cernescu C, Volanschi E Spectral study of the interaction of hemin with some HIV-1 V3 synthetic peptides. Proc. Rom. Academy. serie B,  7, 1, 15-23, 2005  .
• Ruta SM, Cernescu C. SWOT analysis of HIV/AIDS research efforts in Romania Proc. Rom. Academy. serie B, 7,2, 129-135, 2005
• Ruta SM, Matusa RF; Sultana C, Manolescu L, Kozinetz CA, Kline MW, Cernescu C High Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Markers in Romanian Adolescents With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, MedGenMed, 7, 1, 68-72
• Kozinetz C, Matusa R, Ruta SM, Cernescu C, Hacker C, Cazacu A.  Alternative to HIV-RNA and CD4 count to monitor HIV disease progression:  A prospective cohort study in Romania. J Med Virol.;77(2):159-163, 2005
• Ruta SM, Matusa RF, Cernescu C, Low frequency of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in patients with old HBV/HIV co-infection Proc. Rom. Academy. serie B,, 8, 2-3, 2006

BOOKS

• Ruta SM, C. Cernescu  SIDA-"Tratamentul cu antiretrovirale", Editura Concept Pbl, 1998.
• C. Cernescu,Ruta SM Chimioterapia infectiei HIV in "Medicamente antivirale-2003, Editura Universitara "Carol Davila" , 2003