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. 2016 Jul 12;16 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):315.
doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1466-6.

Afri-Can Forum 2 : Johannesburg, South Africa. 16-18 February 2015

Hillary Mukudu  1 , Neil Martinson  1 , Benn Sartorius  1 , Jenny Coetzee  2   3 , Janan Dietrich  2 , Kgaugelo Mokgatswana  2 , Rachel Jewkes  3 , Glenda E. Gray  2   3 , Marylène Dugas  4 , Luc Béhanzin  4 , Fernand A. Guédou  4 , Marie-Pierre Gagnon  4 , Michel Alary  4 , Rwamahe Rutakumwa  5 , Martin Mbonye  5 , Thadeus Kiwanuka  5 , Sarah Nakamanya  5 , Richard Muhumuza  5 , Winfred Nalukenge  5 , Janet Seeley  5 , Millicent Atujuna  6 , Melissa Wallace  6 , Ben Brown  6 , Linda Gail Bekker  6 , Peter A. Newman  6 , Rushil Harryparsad  7 , Abraham J. Olivier  7 , Heather B. Jaspan  7 , Douglas Wilson  8 , Janan Dietrich  9 , Neil Martinson  9 , Hillary Mukudu  9 , Nonhlanhla Mkhize  10 , Lynn Morris  10 , Gianguido Cianci  11 , Minh Dinh  11 , Thomas Hope  11 , Jo-Ann S. Passmore  7   12 , Clive M. Gray  7   12 , Bethany M. Henrick  13 , Xiao-Dan Yao  13 , Kenneth L. Rosenthal  13 ; the INFANT Study Team; Bethany M. Henrick  14 , Xiao-Dan Yao  14 , Anna G. Drannik  14 , Alash’le Abimiku  15 , Kenneth L. Rosenthal  14 ; the INFANT Study Team; Nadia Chanzu  16 , Walter Mwanda  16 , Julius Oyugi  16 , Omu Anzala  16 , Moustapha Mbow  17 , Sabelle Jallow  17 , Moussa Thiam  17 , Alberta Davis  18 , Assane Diouf  19 , Cheikh T. Ndour  19 , Moussa Seydi  19 , Tandakha N. Dieye  17 , Souleymane Mboup  17 , Martin Goodier  20 , Eleanor Rilley  20 , Assan Jaye  17   18 , Xiao-Dan Yao  13 , RW. Omange  21 , Bethany M. Henrick  13 , Richard T. Lester  22 , Joshua Kimani  23 , T. Blake Ball  21 , Francis A. Plummer  21 , Kenneth L. Rosenthal  13 , Luc Béhanzin  24   25 , Fernand A. Guédou  24   25 , Nassirou Geraldo  24 , Ella Goma Mastétsé  24 , Jerôme Charles Sossa  26 , Marcel Djimon Zannou  27   28 , Michel Alary  25   29   30 , Sophia Osawe  31   32 , Evaezi Okpokoro  32 , Felicia Okolo  31 , Stephen Umaru  31 , Rebecca Abimiku  31 , Sam Audu  31 , Pam Datong  31 , Alash’le Abimiku  31   32   33 , Jacquelyn Nyange  34 , Joyce Olenja  34 , Gaudensia Mutua  34 , Walter Jaoko  34 , Gloria Omosa-Manyonyi  34 , Bashir Farah  34 , Maureen Khaniri  34 , Omu Anzala  34 , Anne Cockcroft  35 , Kendra Tonkin  35 , Indu Girish  35 , Puna Mhati  35 , Ashley Cunningham  35 , Neil Andersson  35 , Bashir Farah  36 , Jackton Indangasi  36 , Walter Jaoko  36 , Gaudensia Mutua  36 , Maureen Khaniri  36 , Jacquelyn Nyange  36 , Omu Anzala  36 , Thabo Diphoko  37 , Simani Gaseitsiwe  37 , Victoria Maiswe  37 , Thato Iketleng  37 , Dorcas Maruapula  37 , Keabetswe Bedi  37 , Sikhulile Moyo  37 , Rosemary Musonda  37 , Mark Wainberg  37 , Joseph Makhema  37 , Vladimir Novitsky  37 , Richard Marlink  37 , Max Essex  37 , Stephen Okoboi  38 , Livingstone Ssali  38 , Sam Kalibala  39 , Josephine Birungi  38 , Aggrey Egessa  38 , Jonathan Wangisi  38 , Lyavala Joanne Okullu  38 , Celestin Bakanda  38 , Francis Obare  40 , I. Marion Sumari-de Boer  41 , Hadija H. Semvua  41 , Jossy van den Boogaard  41 , Krisanta W. Kiwango  41 , Kennedy M. Ngowi  41 , Pythia T. Nieuwkerk  42 , Rob E. Aarnoutse  43 , Ireen Kiwelu  41 , Eva Muro  41 , Gibson S. Kibiki  41 , Ruth Datiri  31 , Grace Choji  31 , Sophia Osawe  31   32 , Evaezi Okpokoro  32 , Felicia Okolo  31 , Stephen Umaru  31 , Rebecca Abimiku  31 , Samuel Audu  31 , Pam Datong  31 , Alash’le Abimiku  31   32   33 , A. Fomsgaard  44 , I. Karlsson  44 , K. J. Jensen  44 , S. S. Jensen  44 , C. Leo-Hansen  44 , S. Jespersen  45 , D. Da Silva Té  46 , C. M. Rodrigues  46 , Z. J. da Silva  47 , C. M. Janitzek  44 , J. Gerstoft  48 , G. Kronborg  49 ; the WAPHIR Group  50 ; Evaezi Okpokoro  51 , Sophia Osawe  51   52 , Ruth Daitiri  52 , Grace Choji  52 , Stephen Umaru  52 , Felicia Okolo  52 , Pam Datong  52 , Alash’le Abimiku  51   52   53 , Nyariki Emily  36 , Olenja Joyce  36 , Lorway R. Robert  36 , Anzala Anzala  36 , Katie Viljoen  54 , Jerome Wendoh  54 , Elvis Kidzeru  54 , Ulas Karaoz  54 , Eoin Brodie  54 , Gerrit Botha  54 , Nicola Mulder  54 , Clive Gray  54 , William Cameron  54 , Alain Stintzi  54 , Heather Jaspan  54 ; for the INFANT study team; Paul N. Levett  55 , David Alexander  55 , Naveed Gulzar  55 , Prabvir S. Grewal  55 , Art F. Y. Poon  55 , Zabrina Brumme  55 , P. Richard Harrigan  55 , James I. Brooks  55 , Paul A. Sandstrom  55 , Stryker Calvez  55 , Stephen E. Sanche  55 , Jamie K. Scott  55 , Leslie Swartz  56 , Ashraf Kagee  56 , Anthea Lesch  56 , Zuhayr Kafaar  56 , Anneliese De Wet  56 , Evaezi Okpokoro  51 , Sophia Osawe  51   52 , Ruth Daitiri  52 , Grace Choji  52 , Stephen Umaru  52 , Felicia Okolo  52 , Pam Datong  52 , Alash’le Abimiku  51   52   53 , Janan Dietrich  57 , Tricia Smith  58 , Laura Cotton  58 , Stefanie Hornschuh  57 , Martin van der Watt  57 , Cari L. Miller  58 , Glenda Gray  57 , Jenni Smit  59 , Manjeetha Jaggernath  60 , Thumbi Ndung’u  60 , Mark Brockman  58 , Angela Kaida  58 ; on behalf of the AYAZAZI study teams; Maureen Akolo  61 , Joshua Kimani  62 , Larry Gelmon  62 , Michael Chitwa  61 , Justus Osero  63 , Anne Cockcroft  64 , Nobantu Marokoane  64 , Leagajang Kgakole  64 , Boikhutso Maswabi  64 , Neo Mpofu  64 , Umaira Ansari  64 , Neil Andersson  64 , Elizabeth Nakinobe  65 , George Mukalazi Miiro  65 , Flavia Zalwango  66 , Jessica Nakiyingi-Miiro  66 , Potiano Kaleebu  65   66 , John Ross Semwanga  67 , Emily Nyanzi  67 , Saidat Namuli Musoke  67 , Elizabeth Nakinobe  67 , George Miiro  67 , Edward Katongole Mbidde  67 , Tom Lutalo  67   68 , Pontiano Kaleebu  67   69 , Ray Handema  70 , Graham P. Chianzu  70 , Moussa Thiam  71 , Diabou Diagne-Gueye  71 , Mame K. Ndiaye  71 , Moustapha Mbow  71 , Birahim P. Ndiaye  71 , Ibrahima Traore  72 , Mamadou C. Dia  72 , Gilleh Thomas  73 , Coumba Tour-Kane  71 , Souleymane Mboup  71 , Assan Jaye  73 , Emily Nyanzi  67 , Edward Katongole Mbidde  67 , Pontiano Kaleebu  67   69 , Juliet Mpendo  74 , Joshua Kimani  75 , Josephine Birungi  76 , Winnie Muyindike  77 , Andrew Kambugu  78 , Hachizovu Sebastian  79 , Handema Ray  79 , Chaponda Mike  79 , Kabuya Jean Bertin  79 , Mulenga Modest  79 , Moussa Thiam  80 , Omar Janha  73 , Alberta Davis  73 , Alfred Amambua-Ngwa  73 , Davis C. Nwakanma  73 , Souleymane Mboup  80 , Assan Jaye  80   73 , Sanne Jespersen  81   82 , Bo Langhoff Hønge  81   82   83 , Joakim Esbjörnsson  84   85 , Candida Medina  86 , David Da Silva TÉ  86 , Faustino Gomes Correira  86 , Alex Lund Laursen  82 , Lars Østergaard  82 , Andreas Andersen  81 , Peter Aaby  81   83 , Christian Erikstrup  87 , Christian Wejse  81   82   88 ; for the Bissau HIV Cohort study group; Siry Dieye  89   90 , Moussa Sarr  90   91 , Haby Sy  92 , Helene D. Mbodj  92 , Marianne Ndiaye  89 , Amy Ndiaye  89 , Seydi Moussa  89 , Assan Jaye  90   93 , Souleymane Mboup  90 , Balthazar M. Nyombi  41 , Elichilia R. Shao  41 , Innocent B. Chilumba  41 , Sikhulile Moyo  41 , Simani Gaseitsiwe  41 , Rosemary Musonda  41 , Pam Datong  94   95 , Bucky Inyang  94 , Sophia Osawe  95 , Abel Izang  94 , Chundung Cole  94 , Felicia Okolo  95 , Bill Cameron  96 , Kenneth Rosenthal  97 , Clive Gray  98 , Heather Jaspan  98 , Alash’le Abimiku  95   15 ; the INFANT study team; Boitumelo Seraise  99   100 , Kerstin Andrea-Marobela  99 , Sikhulile Moyo  100 , Rosemary Musonda  100 , Joseph Makhema  100 , Max Essex  100   101 , Simani Gaseitsiwe  100
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Afri-Can Forum 2 : Johannesburg, South Africa. 16-18 February 2015

Hillary Mukudu et al. BMC Infect Dis. .

Abstract

A1 Introduction to the 2nd synchronicity forum of GHRI/CHVI-funded Canadian and African HIV prevention and vaccine teams

O1 Voluntary medical male circumcision for prevention of heterosexual transmission of HIV in adult males in Soweto: What do indicators and incidence rate show?

Hillary Mukudu, Neil Martinson, Benn Sartorius

O2 Developing a peer-led community mobilization program for sex workers in Soweto: HIV risk and demographics

Jenny Coetzee, Janan Dietrich, Kgaugelo Mokgatswana, Rachel Jewkes, Glenda E. Gray

O3 Salient beliefs about adherence: A qualitative survey conducted as part of the demonstration study on "treatment as prevention" (TasP) and "pre-exposure prophylaxis" (PrEP) among female sex workers (FSWS) in Cotonou, Benin

Marylène Dugas, Luc Béhanzin, Fernand A. Guédou, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Michel Alary

O4 Relative perception of risk as a driver of unsafe sexual practices among key populations: Cases of fisherfolk and women and their partners involved in multiple sexual partnerships in Uganda

Rwamahe Rutakumwa, Martin Mbonye, Thadeus Kiwanuka, Sarah Nakamanya, Richard Muhumuza, Winfred Nalukenge, Janet Seeley

O5 Exploring the acceptability of new biomedical HIV prevention technologies among MSM, adolescents and heterosexual adults in South Africa

Millicent Atujuna, Melissa Wallace, Ben Brown, Linda Gail Bekker, Peter A. Newman

O6 HIV-susceptible target cells in foreskins after voluntary medical male circumcision in South Africa

Rushil Harryparsad, Abraham J. Olivier, Heather B. Jaspan, Douglas Wilson, Janan Dietrich, Neil Martinson, Hillary Mukudu, Nonhlanhla Mkhize, Lynn Morris, Gianguido Cianci, Minh Dinh, Thomas Hope, Jo-Ann S. Passmore, Clive M. Gray

O7 HIV-1 proteins activate innate immune responses via TLR2 heterodimers

Bethany M. Henrick, Xiao-Dan Yao, Kenneth L. Rosenthal, the INFANT Study Team

O8 Characterization of an innate factor in human milk and mechanisms of action against HIV-1

Bethany M. Henrick, Xiao-Dan Yao, Anna G. Drannik, Alash’le Abimiku, Kenneth L. Rosenthal, the INFANT Study Team

O9 Secretor status and susceptibility to HIV infections among female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya

Nadia Chanzu, Walter Mwanda, Julius Oyugi, Omu Anzala

O10 Natural Killer cell recall responsiveness to Gag-HIV-1 peptides of HIV-1 exposed but uninfected subjects are associated with peripheral CXCR6+ NK cell subsets

Moustapha Mbow, Sabelle Jallow, Moussa Thiam, Alberta Davis, Assane Diouf, Cheikh T. Ndour, Moussa Seydi, Tandakha N. Dieye, Souleymane Mboup, Martin Goodier, Eleanor Rilley, Assan Jaye

O11 Profiles of resistance: Local innate mucosal immunity to HIV-1 in commercial sex workers

Xiao-Dan Yao, RW. Omange, Bethany M. Henrick, Richard T. Lester, Joshua Kimani, T. Blake Ball, Francis A. Plummer, Kenneth L. Rosenthal

O12 Early antiretroviral therapy and pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among female sex workers in Cotonou, Benin: A demonstration project

Luc Béhanzin, Fernand A. Guédou, Nassirou Geraldo, Ella Goma Mastétsé, Jerôme Charles Sossa, Marcel Djimon Zannou, Michel Alary

O13 Building capacity for HIV prevention trials: Preliminary data from a Nigerian cohort of HIV exposed sero-negatives (HESN)

Sophia Osawe, Evaezi Okpokoro, Felicia Okolo, Stephen Umaru, Rebecca Abimiku, Sam Audu, Pam Datong, Alash’le Abimiku

O14 Equipping healthcare professionals with skills required for the conduct of clinical trials in an effort to build capacity. Lessons learned

Jacquelyn Nyange, Joyce Olenja, Gaudensia Mutua, Walter Jaoko, Gloria Omosa-Manyonyi, Bashir Farah, Maureen Khaniri, Omu Anzala

O15 Educational technology to support active learning for HIV researchers and planners

Anne Cockcroft, Kendra Tonkin, Indu Girish, Puna Mhati, Ashley Cunningham, Neil Andersson

O16 From Lake Kivu (Rwanda) and Lake Malawi (Tanzania) to the shores of Lake Victoria (Uganda): Strengthening laboratory capacity through Good Clinical Laboratory Practice training

Bashir Farah, Jackton Indangasi, Walter Jaoko, Gaudensia Mutua, Maureen Khaniri, Jacquelyn Nyange, Omu Anzala

O17 Rilpivirine and etravirine resistance mutations in HIV-1 subtype C infected patients on a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-based combination antiretroviral therapy in Botswana

Thabo Diphoko, Simani Gaseitsiwe, Victoria Maiswe, Thato Iketleng, Dorcas Maruapula, Keabetswe Bedi, Sikhulile Moyo, Rosemary Musonda, Mark Wainberg, Joseph Makhema, Vladimir Novitsky, Richard Marlink, Max Essex

O18 From home-based HIV testing to initiation of treatment: The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) Experience with Home-based HIV Counselling and Testing (HBHCT) among Adolescents in Uganda, 2005-2011

Stephen Okoboi, Livingstone Ssali, Sam Kalibala, Josephine Birungi, Aggrey Egessa, Jonathan Wangisi, Lyavala Joanne Okullu, Celestin Bakanda, Francis Obare41

O19 Feasibility study on using real time medication monitoring among HIV infected and Tuberculosis patients in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

I. Marion Sumari-de Boer, Hadija H. Semvua, Jossy van den Boogaard, Krisanta W. Kiwango, Kennedy M. Ngowi, Pythia T. Nieuwkerk, Rob E. Aarnoutse, Ireen Kiwelu, Eva Muro, Gibson S. Kibiki

O20 Deaths still among sero-discordant cohort in Nigeria despite Access to treatment

Ruth Datiri, Grace Choji, Sophia Osawe, Evaezi Okpokoro, Felicia Okolo, Stephen Umaru, Rebecca Abimiku, Samuel Audu, Pam Datong, Alash’le Abimiku

O21 Therapeutic HIV-1 vaccine trials in Denmark and Guinea-Bissau

Fomsgaard A, Karlsson I, Jensen KJ, Jensen SS, Leo-Hansen C, Jespersen S, Da Silva Té D, Rodrigues CM, da Silva ZJ, Janitzek CM, Gerstoft J, Kronborg G, the WAPHIR Group

O22 Willingness to participate in a HIV vaccine Trial among HIV exposed sero-negative (HESN) persons in Jos, Nigeria

Evaezi Okpokoro, Sophia Osawe, Ruth Daitiri, Grace Choji, Stephen Umaru, Felicia Okolo, Pam Datong, Alash'le Abimiku

O23 Clinical research volunteers’ perceptions and experiences of screening for enrolment at KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research, Kenya

Nyariki Emily, Olenja Joyce, Lorway R. Robert, Anzala Anzala

O24 Gut microbiome, HIV-exposure, and vaccine responses in South African infants

Katie Viljoen, Jerome Wendoh, Elvis Kidzeru, Ulas Karaoz, Eoin Brodie, Gerrit Botha, Nicola Mulder, Clive Gray, William Cameron, Alain Stintzi, Heather Jaspan, for the INFANT study team

O25 Analysis of HIV pol diversity in the concentrated HIV epidemic in Saskatchewan

Paul N. Levett, David Alexander, Naveed Gulzar, Prabvir S. Grewal, Art F. Y. Poon, Zabrina Brumme, P. Richard Harrigan, James I. Brooks, Paul A. Sandstrom, Stryker Calvez, Stephen E. Sanche, Jamie K. Scott

P1 Evaluating a HIV vaccine research community engagement programme at two HIV prevention research centres in the Western Cape

Leslie Swartz, Ashraf Kagee, Anthea Lesch, Zuhayr Kafaar, Anneliese De Wet

P2 Validating HIV acquisition risk score using a cohort HIV exposed sero-negative persons in a discordant relationship in Jos, Nigeria, West Africa

Evaezi Okpokoro, Sophia Osawe, Ruth Daitiri, Grace Choji, Stephen Umaru, Felicia Okolo, Pam Datong, Alash'le Abimiku

P3 Bridging the gap between adults and adolescents and youth adults (AYA) – Employing a youth-centred approach to investigate HIV risk among AYA in Soweto and Durban, South Africa

Janan Dietrich, Tricia Smith, Laura Cotton, Stefanie Hornschuh, Martin van der Watt, Cari L. Miller, Glenda Gray, Jenni Smit, Manjeetha Jaggernath, Thumbi Ndung’u, Mark Brockman, Angela Kaida, on behalf of the AYAZAZI study teams

P4 Neighbours to sex workers: A key population that has been ignored

Maureen Akolo, Joshua Kimani, Prof Larry Gelmon, Michael Chitwa, Justus Osero

P5 Young women’s access to structural support programmes in a district of Botswana

Anne Cockcroft, Nobantu Marokoane, Leagajang Kgakole, Boikhutso Maswabi, Neo Mpofu, Umaira Ansari, Neil Andersson

P6 Voices for action from peri-urban Ugandan students, teachers and parents on HIV/STI prevention: Qualitative research results

Nakinobe Elizabeth, Miiro George Mukalazi, Zalwango Flavia, Nakiyingi-Miiro Jessica, Kaleebu Potiano

P7 Engaging Social Media as an education tool on the fly: The use of Facebook for HIV and Ebola prevention and awareness amongst adolescents in Uganda

John Ross Semwanga, Emily Nyanzi, Saidat Namuli Musoke, Elizabeth Nakinobe, George Miiro, Edward Katongole Mbidde, Tom Lutalo, Pontiano Kaleebu

P8 Circulating HIV-1 subtypes among sexual minority populations in Zambia

Ray Handema, Graham P. Chianzu

P9 The Development of HIV Bio-bank resource management to support clinical trial and Intervention research: WAPHIR experience

Moussa Thiam, Diabou Diagne-Gueye, Mame K. Ndiaye, Moustapha Mbow, Birahim P. Ndiaye, Ibrahima Traore, Mamadou C. Dia, Gilleh Thomas, Coumba Tour-Kane, Souleymane Mboup, Assan Jaye

P10 Capacity building for clinical trials as a novel approach for scaling up HIV prevention research initiatives in East Africa: achievements and challenges

Emily Nyanzi, Edward Katongole Mbidde, Pontiano Kaleebu, Juliet Mpendo, Joshua Kimani, Josephine Birungi, Winnie Muyindike, Andrew Kambugu

P11 Community and media perspective of research; an advocacy workshop on HIV prevention research

Hachizovu Sebastian, Handema Ray, Chaponda Mike, Kabuya Jean Bertin, Mulenga Modest

P12 Development of a quantitative HIV-1 and HIV-2 real time PCR (qRT-PCR) viral load assay

Moussa Thiam, Omar Janha, Alberta Davis, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, Davis C. Nwakanma, Souleymane Mboup, Assan Jaye

P13 Differential effects of sex in a West African Cohort of HIV-1, HIV-2 and HIV-1/2 dual infected patients: Men are worse off

Sanne Jespersen, Bo Langhoff Hønge, Joakim Esbjörnsson, Candida Medina, David Da Silva TÉ, Faustino Gomes Correira, Alex Lund Laursen, Lars Østergaard, Andreas Andersen, Peter Aaby, Christian Erikstrup, Christian Wejse, for the Bissau HIV Cohort study group

P14 HIV-infected adolescents in transition from pediatric to adult HIV care in Dakar, Senegal: sample characteristics and immunological and virological profiles

Siry Dieye, Moussa Sarr, Haby Sy, Helene D Mbodj, Marianne Ndiaye, Amy Ndiaye, Seydi Moussa, Assan Jaye, Souleymane Mboup100

P15 Molecular characterization of vertically transmitted HIV-1 among children born to HIV-1 seropositive mothers in Northern Tanzania

Balthazar M. Nyombi, Elichilia R. Shao, Innocent B. Chilumba, Sikhulile Moyo, Simani Gaseitsiwe, Rosemary Musonda

P16 Breast-fed HIV-1 exposed infants play catch up. A preliminary report

Pam Datong, Bucky Inyang, Sophia Osawe, Abel Izang, Chundung Cole, Felicia Okolo, Bill Cameron, Kenneth Rosenthal, Clive Gray, Heather Jaspan, Alash’le Abimiku, the INFANT study team

P17 The frequency of N348I mutation in patient failing combination antiretroviral treatment In Botswana

Boitumelo Seraise, Kerstin Andrea-Marobela, Sikhulile Moyo, Rosemary Musonda, Joseph Makhema, Max Essex, Simani Gaseitsiwe

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