Open AccessFeasibility of Identifying a Female Sex Worker Cohort at High Risk of HIV Infection in the Caribbean for HIV Vaccine Efficacy Trials
Author(s) -
Marie Deschamps,
Barbara Metch,
Cecilia Morgan,
Carmen Zorilla,
Yeycy Donastorg,
Edith Swann,
Dadaille Taina,
Patrice Joseph,
W. John Pape
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000000796
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , confidence interval , demography , incidence (geometry) , hiv vaccine , pregnancy , cohort study , vaccine trial , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , physics , sociology , biology , optics , genetics
Identifying cohorts of Caribbean women with HIV infection rates sufficient for inclusion in HIV vaccine efficacy trials has been challenging. HVTN 907 determined the feasibility of identifying and retaining a cohort of women at high risk for HIV acquisition by focusing recruitment on female sex workers (FSWs).