An Army-sponsored phase III clinical trial (RV144) involving more than 16,000 adult volunteers in Thailand showed that an investigational HIV vaccine regimen was safe and modestly effective in preventing HIV infection.
8/9/2010
Gender, genetic background, and multiple HIV infections all factor into the level of virus found in the blood at viral load setpoint (VLS) of HIV-infected individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa.
7/26/2010
The 2010 International AIDS Conference, held July 18-23 in Vienna, convened more than 20,000 AIDS researchers, policy makers and advocates. A number of MHRP staff attended and presented.
7/19/2010
The MHRP applauds the positive results of the CAPRISA 004 microbicide trial.
Representatives from MHRP’s PEPFAR program convened in Kisumu, Kenya 13-15 July 2010 to review the collective progress made over the past year and to plan for the upcoming year. PEPFAR staff from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Nigeria and MHRP staff from Maryland, USA participated in this annual gathering.
Deputy Director, PEPFAR
Dr. Hamm is the MHRP Deputy Director for PEPFAR and Chief for the Department of International HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment for the Division of Retrovirology, WRAIR.
MHRP oversees all HIV testing for the Army and serves as the Tri-Service Reference Laboratory.
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