Grants signed in 2011
HPV in Men (HIM): Natural history of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and genital warts in HIV-1 negative men, HIV-1 positive men not yet taking ART, and HIV-1 positive men taking ART in South Africa
Project Coordinator: Sinead Delany-Moretlwe (South Africa)
Target disease: HIV
Partners: National Institute for Communicable Diseases (South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)
Budget: € 193,586
Duration of project: June 2011-June 2013
This project will show the epidemiology of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in men by HIV status and provide data that would therefore be useful to inform models that predict the impact of HPV vaccination (e.g. using Gardasil) in various African settings, including South Africa.
