Strategy choices in HIV-infected pregnant women
OBJECTIVES
To determine the cost-benefit of HAART in mother-to-child-transmission of HIV
To develop new methods to determine viral parameters
To develop new methods to determine viral parameters
METHODS
Haematological analysis
Real time RT-PCR
Real time RT-PCR
ACTIVITIES
Correlation between CD4 count/clinical stage and the transmission risc
Correlation between haematology and the transmission risc
Development of an affordable in-house real time RT-PCR method for HIV detection and viral load estimation
Correlation between haematology and the transmission risc
Development of an affordable in-house real time RT-PCR method for HIV detection and viral load estimation
EXPECTED RESULTS
Determination of paramaters van HIV transmission
Implementation of an in-house RT-PCR HIV detection and viral load determination method
Implementation of an in-house RT-PCR HIV detection and viral load determination method
Funding agencies
IWT
Team
Kim Steegen, Kishor Mandaliya, Marleen Temmerman
Partners
ICRH, University of Ghent, Belgium; ICRH, Mombasa, Kenya
Period
November 01, 2007 - October 31, 2007
Project status
Project closed