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The mission of the Division of Infectious Diseases is to provide consultations for clinical care, undertake cutting-edge clinical and laboratory research, and offer opportunities for research training in infectious diseases. Research in the Division of Infectious Diseases focuses on the pathogenesis and treatment of viral and bacterial infections. These studies include: the molecular evolution of HIV; the state of viral gene expression in persistent reservoirs of HIV infection; the role of the immune system in controlling infection with HIV; the dynamics of HCV infection; the natural history of HIV disease; clinical trials of candidate drugs against HIV and HCV; international collaborative studies in Kenya and Nigeria on HIV; healthcare-associated infections and clinical outcomes; and bacterial and viral infections related to transplantation. |
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