Team wins grant for HIV research CHAPEL HILL -- A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS FROM THE UNC INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH & INFECTIOUS DISEASES HAS RECEIVED A $3
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Team wins grant for HIV research

 CHAPEL HILL -- A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS FROM THE UNC INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH & INFECTIOUS DISEASES HAS RECEIVED A $3.5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES, PART OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, TO STUDY HIV PREVENTION METHODS AMONG PEOPLE WITH ACUTE HIV INFECTION (AHI).

 THE FOUR-YEAR STUDY WILL INVOLVE DEVELOPING A NEW PROGRAM THAT IDENTIFIES AND INFORMS PEOPLE WITH ACUTE HIV INFECTION, AND IMPLEMENTING AND EVALUATING COMBINED BEHAVIORAL AND ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY INTERVENTIONS. THE RESEARCH WILL BE CONDUCTED AT UNC PROJECT, THE INSTITUTE'S RESEARCH, CARE AND TRAINING FACILITY IN LILONGWE, MALAWI.

 ACUTE HIV INFECTION IS THE PERIOD BETWEEN INFECTION AND DETECTION OF HIV ANTIBODIES AND LASTS UP TO 12 WEEKS. DURING THIS BRIEF WINDOW OF TIME, THE VIRUS REPLICATES RAPIDLY, AND THE PROBABILITY OF TRANSMISSION IS VERY HIGH. PEOPLE IN THIS STAGE OF THE DISEASE MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION OF ONWARD TRANSMISSION OF HIV INFECTION, ESPECIALLY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, SAID WILLIAM MILLER, CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OF THE STUDY.
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