Purpose
to test the theory that HIV proteins, nucleic acids and antibodies to HIV can be detected in shafts of hair, possibly providing a low-cost tool to determine the timing of HIV infection, which is essential for measuring incident rates
Grantee
Division
Global Health
Date
OCTOBER 2009
Region served
GLOBAL
Committed amount
$100,000
Grant topic
Discovery and Translational Sciences
Duration (months)
19
Grantee location
San Francisco, California, United States
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