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Programmes/ Projects Supported by ATF

2009

Programmes / Projects supported by the AIDS Trust Fund in June 2009

MSS 166 R
Application: Early HIV-1 diagnosis using in-house real-time PCR amplification on dried blood spots for men who have sex with men in Hong Kong
Applicant: AIDS Institute, The University of Hong Kong
Objectives: The objectives of this programme are:-
  1. MSM, which is rapid, cheap, sensitive, reproducible, and Hong Kong specific;
  2. investigate the HIV-1 epidemic with emphasis on the sexually high-risk group in MSM: targeting on the population of early infection before seroconversion; and,
  3. to contribute to timely estimates of HIV incidence, a better understanding of the HIV epidemic on MSM, and to appropriate targeting of care and prevention efforts.
Project Duration: September 2009 to August 2010
Contact Person: Prof Li LIU
AIDS Institute,
The University of Hong Kong
Telephone: 2819 9824
Fax: 2817 7805