University of California, San Francisco
This study seeks to confidentially collect blood from HIV-positive individuals and HIV-negative controls to provide basic scientists with specimens for collaborative studies.
HIV positive patients are currently the focus of multiple collaborative research studies, both at UCSF and other institutions. The aims of these research projects include improving the understanding of etiology, immunology, epidemiology and treatment of HIV. There are numerous requests from basic scientists at UCSF for collaborative studies on specimens, especially for blood, saliva and urine samples. Specimens may be used to test such things as virus characteristics, genotyping and/or phenotyping resistance, plasma drug concentrations, immune function or evidence of complications of HIV disea…
Inclusion Criteria: * HIV-1 antibody negative with similar characteristics to HIV-1 positive cohort * HIV-positive subjects naive to antiretroviral therapy * HIV-positive subjects stable on or off antiretroviral therapy for a minimum of 6 months * Good venous access * Able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Hemoglobin \< 9g/dl * Hematocrit \< 27% * Active treatment for cancer * Hospitalization or IV antibiotic use within the last 4 months * Immunosuppressive therapy within the last 4 months
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