Summary

The Rakai Program has been designated as one of only three Intramural Program International Center for Excellence in Researh (ICER) world-wide. The award provides ongoing laboratory support (equipment, technical assistance, supplies) for Rakai research priorities, and fosters collaboration between NIAID intramural scientists and Rakai Program researchers. Ongoing studies include assessment of the effects of HIV viral load on the dynamics of the HIV epidemic, full length HIV sequencing and transmission linkages, sequestration of resistant HIV quasispecies, HIV interactions with selected other pathogens.

For more information on the Rakai Health Sciences Program, please visit our website: www.jhsph.edu/rakai/