Track C Category List

Basic HIV Epidemiology

C1.  Natural history and Molecular epidemiology of HIV

C2.  HIV prevalence and incidence trends 

C3.  Risk factors for acquisition of HIV, geographic heterogeneity and contextual factors

 Epidemiology of HIV co-morbidity

C4. HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI) 

C5. HIV and Tuberculosis co-infection

C6. HIV and Malaria co-infection

C7. HIV and other opportunistic infections (Viral hepatitis, Leishmaniasis, etc.) 

C8. HIV and non-communicable diseases

C9. HIV and associated cancers

 Social Epidemiology of HIV

C10. Sexual behavior, vulnerability and Key populations at higher risk

C11. Socio-cultural and economic determinants of HIV

 HIV epidemiology in the era of ART

C12. Relapse of risky behavior with the advent of ART

C13. Modeling HIV epidemic in the advent of ART

HIV and AIDS Surveillance and Monitoring and Evaluation

C14. Routine and sentinel HIV and AIDS surveillance

C15. Second generation HIV surveillance

C16. Surveillance of opportunistic infections, ART drug resistance

C17. Population-based HIV seroepidemiologic studies, and measuring new HIV infections

C18. Monitoring and evaluation of HIV and AIDS programs

 Methodological Issues and Capacity-Building in Epidemiological and Prevention Research   

C19. Novel research designs in HIV and AIDS research

C20. Ethical issues in epidemiological and prevention research

C21. Measuring and modeling the impact of the HIV epidemic

C22. Methods aimed at measuring recent HIV infections and HIV incidence

C23. Surveillance systems and methods

 HIV Prevention Programmes 

C24. HIV counseling and testing

C25. Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission

C26. Prevention programmes in institutional and community settings

C27. Prevention programmes for immigrants, mobile and displaced populations

C28.Positive prevention programmes for PLHIV

C29. HIV Prevention technologies

C30. New approaches for HIV prevention