California Dept of Health Services - Womens HIV

Description

National Institutes of Health in 1993 to investigate the impact of HIV infection on women in the U.S. The core portion of the study includes a detailed and structured behavioral interview, physical and gynecologic examinations, and laboratory testing every 6 months. The WIHS participants are also asked to enroll in various sub-studies, such as cardiovascular, metabolic, physical functioning, and neurocognition. 2,625 women were initially enrolled with the addition of 1,143 women in 2001/2002. In addition, plasma, serum, lymphocyte, tissue, genital secretion and urine samples are placed in a central repository, and indicated tissues are placed in the AIDS Cancer Specimen Resource. The laboratory of PHFE Principal Investigator Dr. Carl Hanson, at the State of California Department of Public Health, is one of four laboratories nationally, which perform licensed testing to measure HIV viral load every six months for each WIHS participant.

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Women's Interagency HIV Study