Transmission networks and risk of HIV infection in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a community-wide phylogenetic study
KRISP leader
Tulio de Oliveira
Short title
HIV Phylogenetics
KRISP expertises
Phylogenetics, Population Genetics, Epidemiology, Genomics, Sanger data processing, Sequence analysis, Statistics, Virology
Project summary
This is the CAPRISA HIPPS phylogenetic project (PI: Kharsany) that aims to identify the source of HIV-1 infection to young woman in a hyper-epidemic setting in South Africa.
Webpage
Funder
SAMRC & US CDC
Publications
Transmission networks and risk of HIV infection in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a community-wide phylogenetic study. de Oliveira T, Kharsany ABM, Graf T, Cawood C, Khanyile D, Grobler A, Puren A, Madurai S, Baxter C, Karim QA, Karim SSA, Lancet HIV (2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(16)30186-2:.
KRISP has been created by the coordinated effort of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the South African Medical Research Countil (SAMRC).
Location: K-RITH Tower Building
Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, UKZN
719 Umbilo Road, Durban, South Africa.
Director: Prof. Tulio de Oliveira