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Ari Bitnun

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Assistant ProfessorDepartment of PaediatricsUniversity of Toronto

Ari Bitnun

Assistant Professor

Department of Paediatrics

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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36 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Publications

2,262

Citations

198

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Research

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Latest papers

Perinatal and early infant outcomes after first-versus second-generation integrase strand transfer inhibitor use in pregnancy.
HIV medicine · 2026
Prenatal characteristics and factors contributing to congenital syphilis: A descriptive analysis of cases reported to the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program June 2021 through May 2023.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026
Eye Findings Following Congenital Cytomegalovirus Newborn Screening.
Pediatrics · 2026

All 95 publications

95 publications.

Perinatal and early infant outcomes after first-versus second-generation integrase strand transfer inhibitor use in pregnancy.

Balleny R, Wong JMH, Lee T, Bitnun A, Boucoiran I, Brophy J, Comeau J, Kakkar F, McConnell A, Sauvé L, Singer J, Tse-Chang A, Money D

HIV medicine2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1111/hiv.70206 PMID: 41668266

Prenatal characteristics and factors contributing to congenital syphilis: A descriptive analysis of cases reported to the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program June 2021 through May 2023.

Gravel G, Merckx J, Bemmo A, Choi KB, Sandhu J, Robinson J, Bitnun A, Brophy J, Leis K, Sauvé L, Wong S, King M, Bullard J, Krueger C

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026Open Access

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-026-01152-7 PMID: 41857456

Eye Findings Following Congenital Cytomegalovirus Newborn Screening.

Leahy KE, Dunn JKE, Gallagher L, Reuvers E, Chakraborty P, Bitnun A, Barton M, Leifso K, Pernica JM, Brophy J, O'Connor M, Makar I, Sharan S, Iordanous Y, Fournier A, Sabri K, Saleh S, Strube YNJ, Ali A, Mireskandari K

Pediatrics2026

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2025-075586 PMID: 42764171

Etiology of Severe Microcephaly in Infants: A Multinational Surveillance Study

Daniel S. Farrar, Rachel Louise Knowles, Carlos Nunez, Gareth Baynam, Ari Bitnun, Mavis Duncanson, Richard M. Lynn, Charlotte Moore Hepburn, Anne Morris, Clarissa Oeser, Richard G. Pebody, Ameenat Lola Solebo, E. Elliott, Shaun K. Morris

PEDIATRICS2026

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2025-072700 PMID: 41562555

Genetic and Congenital Cytomegalovirus-Related Hearing Loss in Children: Volumetric MRI Analysis of Auditory and Visual Cortices.

Hiremath SB, Wagner M, Cushing SL, Gordon KA, Bitnun A, Amirabadi A, Vidarsson L, Ertl-Wagner BB

AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology2026

DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a9176 PMID: 42235969

Outcomes of a Population-Based Congenital Cytomegalovirus Screening Program

Dunn JKE, Chakraborty P, Reuvers E, Gallagher L, Kernohan KD, Lacaria M, Barton M, Leifso K, Pernica JM, Santander E

JAMA pediatrics202537 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.5562 PMID: W4406666567

Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection in Children, 1992-2023

Dabaja-Younis H, Kandel C, Green K, Johnstone J, Zhong Z, Kassee C, Allen V, Armstrong I, Baqi M, Barker K

JAMA Network Open202526 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.2861

Perinatal and Early Infant Outcomes After Bictegravir Exposure in Pregnancy: A Canadian Surveillance Study.

Wong JMH, Balleny R, Lee T, Bitnun A, Boucoiran I, Brophy J, Comeau J, Kakkar F, McConnell A, Sauvé L, Singer J, Tse-Chang A, Money D, Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003708 PMID: 40810506

Brief Report: Trends of Congenital Syphilis among Neonates in Canada 2012-2023.

Nelson CRM, Ferro A, Naczk K, Bitnun A, Money D, Narvey M, Gravel G, Merckx J, Van den Hof M, Scott H, Thorp L, McClymont E, Shah PS, Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System12

Journal of pediatrics. Clinical practice20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedcp.2025.200146 PMID: 40474941

Intelligence and language outcomes in school-aged children who are HIV-exposed, uninfected: the role of sex, perinatal risk factors, and socioeconomic status.

Kahnami L, Smith ML, Bitnun A, Brophy J, Sled JG, Miller E, Bowes J, Hurtubise M, Serghides L, Young JM

Frontiers in pediatrics20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fped.2025.1540420 PMID: 40746358

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Ari Bitnun

Research

Latest papers

Perinatal and early infant outcomes after first-versus second-generation integrase strand transfer inhibitor use in pregnancy.

Prenatal characteristics and factors contributing to congenital syphilis: A descriptive analysis of cases reported to the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program June 2021 through May 2023.

Eye Findings Following Congenital Cytomegalovirus Newborn Screening.

Etiology of Severe Microcephaly in Infants: A Multinational Surveillance Study

Genetic and Congenital Cytomegalovirus-Related Hearing Loss in Children: Volumetric MRI Analysis of Auditory and Visual Cortices.

Outcomes of a Population-Based Congenital Cytomegalovirus Screening Program

Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection in Children, 1992-2023

Perinatal and Early Infant Outcomes After Bictegravir Exposure in Pregnancy: A Canadian Surveillance Study.

Brief Report: Trends of Congenital Syphilis among Neonates in Canada 2012-2023.

Intelligence and language outcomes in school-aged children who are HIV-exposed, uninfected: the role of sex, perinatal risk factors, and socioeconomic status.

Frequent collaborators

Jason Brophy

Stanley Read

Stanley Read

Fatima Kakkar

Lindy Samson

Deborah Money

Mark Yudin

Michael Hawkes

Michael Hawkes

Shaun Morris

Hugo Soudeyns

Joan Robinson

Isabelle Boucoiran

Daune MacGregor

Sharon Walmsley

Mona Loutfy

Sarah Khan

Jared Bullard

Fiona Smaill

Kirk Leifso

Peter Gill

Ian Kitai

Sarah Tehseen

Charlotte Moore-Hepburn

Michelle Shouldice

Melinda Solomon

Prakesh Shah

Jiri Vajsar

Lauren Sham

Yenge Diambomba

Jeremy Friedman

Adam Rapoport

Valerie Waters

Patrick McNamara

Anupma Wadhwa

Yiannis Iordanous

Inas Makar

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