Christopher Bositis, MD
Professor
Family Community Medicine
School of Medicine

Publications (33)

Top publication keywords:
PhysiciansAIDS Dementia ComplexSubstance-Related DisordersDisease ManagementSeizuresZambiaDisease Transmission, InfectiousDrug UsersAnticonvulsantsAnti-HIV AgentsLiver CirrhosisAttitude of Health PersonnelEpilepsy, GeneralizedHotlinesHIV Infections

• Persistent HIV Transmission Misconceptions Among People Who Inject Drugs in Massachusetts, USA.
  AIDS and behavior 2026 Shaw LC, Jimenez YS, Sproesser DM, Hayes E, Baumgartner K, Krakower DS, Bordeu M, Mimiaga MJ, Bositis CM, Bazzi AR, Biello KB
• New onset seizure etiologies and outcomes among adults with HIV in the era of broadly available antiretroviral therapies.
  Seizure 2026 Birbeck GL, Bositis CM, Ume-Ezeoke I, Johnson BA, Bearden DR, Siddiqi OK, Koralnik IJ, Elafros MA, Gelbard HA, Okulicz JF, Kalungwana L, Theodore WH, Mwenechanya M, Auinger P, Sikazwe IT
• The Health Toll of Encampment Sweeps: A Descriptive Analysis of People Who Use Drugs in Massachusetts.
  Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2026 Shaw LC, Jimenez YS, Sproesser DM, Baumgartner K, Krakower DS, Bordeu M, Mimiaga MJ, Bositis CM, Bazzi AR, Biello KB
• Lenacapavir Plus Cabotegravir as Combination Treatment: Real-world Use Cases From the National Clinician Consultation Center.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2025 Saberi P, McAnaney C, Nakayoshi A, Bositis C, Gandhi M, Chu C
• Early Virologic Success on Antiretroviral Therapy Among Individuals With Breakthrough HIV Acquisition on Long-Acting Cabotegravir Pre-exposure Prophylaxis.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2025 Parikh UM, Gandhi M, Altamirano J, Safa H, Hazra A, Gomez LG, Shukla P, Hedberg T, Heaps AL, Halvas EK, Kuncze K, Okochi H, Walworth C, Conroy A, Bositis C, Chu C, Mellors JW, Koss CA

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• Laboratory Monitoring After Lentiviral Vector Exposure.
  Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2025 Swift MD, Breeher LE, Srinivasan K, Isakari M, Bositis CM
• Rethinking Breastfeeding Guidelines for People Living With HIV.
  American family physician 2024 Pollock L, Bositis CM, Pecci CC
• Brain Imaging in New-Onset Seizure of Children Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Zambia.
  Pediatric neurology 2024 Mohajeri S, Potchen M, Sikazwe I, Kampondeni S, Hoffman C, Bearden D, Kalungwana L, Musonda N, Mathews M, Mwenechanya M, Dallah I, Johnson B, Bositis C, Huang J, Birbeck GL
• Experiences of the National Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline (PEPline): Occupational PEP consultation needs and trends, 2014 to 2022.
  American journal of infection control 2024 Nakayoshi A, Gruta C, Lutes ER, Stupar L, Goldhammer B, Bositis C, Chu C
• HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis champion preceptorship training for pharmacists and nurses in the United States.
  Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy : JACCP 2024 Saberi P, Su H, Mendiola J, Gruta C, Lutes ER, Dong B, Bositis C, Chu C
• Early Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy is Protective Against Seizures in Children With HIV in Zambia: A Prospective Case-Control Study.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2024 Bearden DR, Mwanza-Kabaghe S, Bositis CM, Dallah I, Johnson BA, Siddiqi OK, Elafros MA, Gelbard HA, Okulicz JF, Kalungwana L, Musonda N, Theodore WH, Mwenechanya M, Mathews M, Sikazwe IT, Birbeck GL
• Long-term outcomes after new onset seizure in children living with HIV: A cohort study.
  Epilepsia open 2024 Birbeck GL, Mwenechanya M, Ume-Ezeoke I, Mathews M, Bositis CM, Kalungwana L, Bearden D, Elafros M, Gelbard HA, Theodore WH, Koralnik IJ, Okulicz JF, Johnson BA, Musonda N, Siddiqi OK, Potchen MJ, …
• Timely Treatment Translates: A Vision for Eradicating HCV.
  NAM perspectives 2023 Bositis CM, Tana MM
• Study protocol for an efficacy trial of the "PrEP for Health" intervention to increase HIV PrEP use among people who inject drugs.
  BMC public health 2023 Bazzi AR, Bordeu M, Baumgartner K, Sproesser DM, Bositis CM, Krakower DS, Mimiaga MJ, Biello KB
• Clinical characteristics and outcomes after new-onset seizure among Zambian children with HIV during the antiretroviral therapy era.
  Epilepsia open 2022 Ravishankar M, Dallah I, Mathews M, Bositis CM, Mwenechanya M, Kalungwana-Mambwe L, Bearden D, Navis A, Elafros MA, Gelbard H, Theodore WH, Koralnik IJ, Okulicz JF, Johnson BA, Belessiotis C, Ciccone …
• Evaluating the impact of antiretroviral and antiseizure medication interactions on treatment effectiveness among outpatient clinic attendees with HIV in Zambia.
  Epilepsia 2020 Navis A, Dallah I, Mabeta C, Musukuma K, Siddiqi OK, Bositis CM, Koralnik IJ, Gelbard HA, Theodore WH, Okulicz JF, Johnson BA, Sikazwe I, Bearden DR, Birbeck GL
• Cirrhosis: Diagnosis and Management.
  American family physician 2019 Smith A, Baumgartner K, Bositis C
• HIV and Substance Use Disorder: Role of the HIV Physician.
  Infectious disease clinics of North America 2019 Bositis CM, St Louis J
• Mortality & recurrent seizure risk after new-onset seizure in HIV-positive Zambian adults.
  BMC neurology 2018 Elafros MA, Johnson BA, Siddiqi OK, Okulicz JF, Sikazwe I, Bositis CM, Potchen MJ, Koralnik IJ, Theodore WH, Kalungwana L, Birbeck GL
• Patient-Reported Adverse Effects Associated with Combination Antiretroviral Therapy and Coadministered Enzyme-Inducing Antiepileptic Drugs.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2017 Elafros MA, Birbeck GL, Gardiner JC, Siddiqi OK, Sikazwe I, Paneth N, Bositis CM, Okulicz JF
• The Arc of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Capacity Development: Insights from a Decade of Partnership for Medical Education in Zambia.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2017 Claassen CW, Hachaambwa L, Phiri D, Watson DC, Patel D, Bositis CM, Bositis A, Mubangizi D, Redfield R, Mwaba P, Sheneberger R
• New-onset seizure in HIV-infected adult Zambians: A search for causes and consequences.
  Neurology 2016 Siddiqi OK, Elafros MA, Bositis CM, Koralnik IJ, Theodore WH, Okulicz JF, Kalungwana L, Potchen MJ, Sikazwe I, Birbeck GL
• HIV and new onset seizures: slipping through the cracks in HIV care and treatment.
  HIV medicine 2015 Sikazwe I, Elafros MA, Bositis CM, Siddiqi OK, Koralnik IJ, Kalungwana L, Theodore WH, Okulicz JF, Potchen MJ, Birbeck GL
• Acute EEG findings in HIV-infected Zambian adults with new-onset seizure.
  Neurology 2015 Siddiqi OK, Elafros MA, Sikazwe I, Birbeck GL, Kalungwana L, Potchen MJ, Bositis CM, Koralnik IJ, Theodore WH
• Neuroimaging abnormalities and seizure recurrence in a prospective cohort study of zambians with human immunodeficiency virus and first seizure.
  Neurology international 2014 Potchen MJ, Siddiqi OK, Elafros MA, Koralnik IJ, Theodore WH, Sikazwe I, Kalungwana L, Bositis CM, Birbeck GL
• Cognitive impairment and psychiatric morbidity in HIV+ Zambians with new-onset seizure.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2014 Kalungwana L, Elafros MA, Siddiqi OK, Bositis CM, Sikazwe I, Koralnik IJ, Theodore WH, Birbeck GL
• Effectiveness of efavirenz-based regimens in young HIV-infected children treated for tuberculosis: a treatment option for resource-limited settings.
  PloS one 2013 van Dijk JH, Sutcliffe CG, Hamangaba F, Bositis C, Watson DC, Moss WJ
• A Review of the 2010 WHO Adult Antiretroviral Therapy Guidelines: Implications and Realities of These Changes for Zambia.
  Medical journal of Zambia 2010 Patel DM, Moyo C, Bositis CM
• Updates to the World Health Organization's Recommendations for the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs for Treating Pregnant Women and Preventing HIV Infection in Infants.
  Medical journal of Zambia 2010 Bositis CM, Gashongore I, Patel DM
• Liddle's syndrome: heritable human hypertension caused by mutations in the beta subunit of the epithelial sodium channel.
  Cell 1994 Shimkets RA, Warnock DG, Bositis CM, Nelson-Williams C, Hansson JH, Schambelan M, Gill JR, Ulick S, Milora RV, Findling JW
• Assessment of homology with the helical mimicry algorithm.
  Biochimica et biophysica acta 1994 Bositis CM, Craft N, Lew RA, Fowlie EJ, Queenan J, Humphreys RE
• Residues in the longitudinal, hydrophobic strip-of-helix relate to terminations and crossings of alpha-helices.
  The Journal of biological chemistry 1992 Vazquez SR, Kuo DZ, Bositis CM, Hardy LW, Lew RA, Humphreys RE
• Biophysical mechanism of the scavenger site near T cell-presented epitopes.
  Vaccine 1992 Lu S, Reyes VE, Bositis CM, Goldschmidt TG, Lam V, Torgerson RR, Ciardelli T, Hardy L, Lew RA, Humphreys RE