Establishing a Cohort at High Risk of HIV Infection in South Africa: Challenges and Experiences of the CAPRISA 002 Acute Infection Study

• Francois van Loggerenberg ,

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: loggerenbergf@ukzn.ac.za

  Affiliation Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Koleka Mlisana,

  Affiliation Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Carolyn Williamson,

  Affiliations Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Institute for of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Sara C. Auld,

  Affiliations Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Lynn Morris,

  Affiliations Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Clive M. Gray,

  Affiliations Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Quarraisha Abdool Karim,

  Affiliations Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Anneke Grobler,

  Affiliation Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Nomampondo Barnabas,

  Affiliation Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Itua Iriogbe,

  Affiliation Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Salim S. Abdool Karim,

  Affiliations Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• for the CAPRISA 002 Acute Infection Study Team