Participating entities
University of Western Australia (Perth, Australia), University of Duisberg-Essen (Germany), IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute (Badalona, Spain), Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (Mozambique), Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) (coordinators, Barcelona, Spain).
The initial HIV infection phase determines the natural history of the disease. It is also the most infectious stage when most immune damage occurs. The main objective of the GAMA project is to analyse and compare biomarker dynamics in first-year HIV infection and in chronic infection. The usefulness of these biomarkers to identify recent HIV infection will be evaluated, and also the possible association with progression to AIDS.