First trial of the HIV-1 vaccine in Africa: Ugandan experience

Family Health International, P O Box 13950, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA

Kathleen George
epidemiologist

Melissa Allen
epidemiologist

Joint Clinical Research Center, P O Box 10005, Kampala, Uganda

Anthony Kebba
doctor

Cissy Kityo
research coordinator

Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Tuberculosis Research Unit, Cleveland, OH 44106-4984 USA

John L Johnson
associate professor

Schelleingassee 6/16, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

Claudia Schmidt
doctor

Uganda Virus Research Institute, P O Box 49, Entebbe, Uganda

Sylvester D Sempala
director

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), Uganda Virus Research Institute, P O Box 22616, Kampala, Uganda

Emmanuel Mugisha
social scientist

Clinical Development Branch, Division of AIDS/Clinical Development Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

Jorge Flores
research scientist

Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, Division of Communicable Disease Control, California Department of Health Services, Richmond, CA 94804-6403, USA

C Haynes Sheppard
research scientist III

Huyen Cao
doctor

HIVNET 007 protocol team

Additional members participated in this study: John Bosco-Mukasa, Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda; Benon Biryahwaho, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda; Raphaelle El Habib, Aventis-Pasteur, Marnes la Coquette, France; Jean-Louis Excler, US Military HIV Research Program, Rockville, MD, USA; Patricia Fast, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York, NY, USA; Thomas Fleming, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Mark Grabowsky, American Red Cross, Washington, DC, USA; Rodney Hoff, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; Dale Lawrence, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; Anita Loughlin, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Leslie Nielsen, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Entebbe, Uganda; Grace Svilar, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Bruce Walker, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charleston, MA, USA; Courtney Walker, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; and Kent Weinhold, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.