Erasmus Smit

Auckland City Hospital — New Zealand

Immunology and Microbiology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

HIV Research and Treatment(36), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment(33), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions(28), Reproductive tract infections research(9), Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment(9)

Publications89 total

A New Type of Nonsuppressible Viremia Produced by HIV-Infected Macrophage
2025Open Access
Quantitative EBV detection from whole blood on the COBAS 6800 system in response to Song J, Kim S, Kwak E, Park Y. Applicability of the cobas 6800 System for Epstein-Barr viral load quantitation using whole-blood specimens. <i>Am J Clin Pathol</i>. 2024 Mar 1;161(3):273-282. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqad146. PMID: 37936258.
American Journal of Clinical Pathology·2025Open Access
Ultrasensitive, Real-Time Detection of Viral Antigens and RNA Enabled by Scalable Graphene-Based FET Sensors for Pathogen Detection: A Case Study on COVID-19
ACS Sensors·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Optimization and Benchmarking of RT-LAMP-CRISPR-Cas12a for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Saliva
International Journal of Molecular Sciences·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Improved costs and turnaround time for Treponema pallidum detection utilising a real-time PCR assay developed for the Hologic Panther Fusion system
Pathology·2024Open Access
Genomic epidemiology of syphilis in England: a population-based study
The Lancet Microbe·2023· 24 citedOpen Access
A clinical review of mpox for the Aotearoa New Zealand clinician
New Zealand Medical Journal·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Investigating the role of whole genome sequencing in syphilis epidemiology: an English case study
2022Open Access
A comparison of the performance of saliva and nasopharyngeal nucleic acid amplification testing for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in New Zealand
New Zealand Medical Journal·2022Open Access
Sensitivity and potential utility of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen and nucleic acid amplification tests in the context of an elimination approach.
PubMed·2021· 1 cited
Global phylogeny of Treponema pallidum lineages reveals recent expansion and spread of contemporary syphilis
Nature Microbiology·2021· 130 citedOpen Access
Determine HIV-1/2 /Ab/Ag Combo lacks sensitivity in detecting early HIV infections
2021· 1 cited
SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the Southern Region of New Zealand, 2020
Pathology·2021· 9 citedOpen Access
Contemporary syphilis is characterised by rapid global spread of pandemic <i>Treponema pallidum</i> lineages
2021Open Access
Genomic Evidence of In-Flight Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Despite Predeparture Testing
Emerging infectious diseases·2021· 75 citedOpen Access
Lack of N2-gene amplification on the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 assay and potential novel causative mutations: A case series from Auckland, New Zealand
IDCases·2021· 12 citedOpen Access
SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the Southern Region of New Zealand, 2020
2020· 7 citedOpen Access
A case study of extended in-flight transmission of SARS-CoV-2 en route to Aotearoa New Zealand
Figshare·2020· 6 citedOpen Access
Associations between baseline characteristics, CD4 cell count response and virological failure on first-line efavirenz + tenofovir + emtricitabine for HIV
Journal of Virus Eradication·2019· 10 citedOpen Access
Human Herpes-8 virus copy to cell ratio: A diagnostic tool in primary effusion lymphoma
Journal of Clinical Virology·2019
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Frequent Co-authors

David Dunn(13), Caroline Sabin(10), Anna Tostevin(9), David Asboe(8), Anna María Geretti(8), Deenan Pillay(8), Duncan Churchill(7), Anton Pozniak(6), Stephen Taylor(6), Chloe Orkin(5), Patricia Cane(5), Andrew Phillips(5), Judith Workman(5), Husam Osman(5), Simon Collins(5), Valérie Delpech(5), Peter Tilston(5), Stuart A. Kirk(5), Esther Fearnhill(5), Jane Anderson(5)