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Programmes/ Projects Supported by ATF

2011

Programmes / Projects supported by the AIDS Trust Fund in January 2011

MSS 183 R
Application: Establishment of a rapid, high-throughput, cost-effective HIV-1 drug resistance testing system
(Executive Summary submitted by the applicant)
Applicant: AIDS Institute, The University of Hong Kong
Objectives: The objectives of this programme are:-
  1. to establish a rapid, high-throughput, cost-effective drug resistance testing system to improve HIV clinical treatment and prevention in Hong Kong and surrounding regions (Part I); and
  2. to validate the newly developed HIV-1 drug resistance testing system to ensure its use for Hong Kong, Shenzhen and other regions
Project Duration: April 2011 to March 2014
Contact Person: Prof. Zhiwei CHEN
Director, AIDS Institute, The University of Hong Kong
Room 44, 5/F, Laboratory Block
HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam
Hong Kong
Telephone: 2819 9831
Fax: 2817 7805