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What can you expect when you visit the OPTIONS Project for your first visit?
  • You will be welcomed to the Project by your counselor who will see you throughout your time in the study

  • Your counselor will explain more about the study

  • A clinician will review your medical history and symptoms

  • Blood will be drawn for your lab tests

  • You will be interviewed about your risk factors for HIV

  • We will ask about whether you have partners who might be eligible for our partner study

  • Your counselor will be available to talk about your concerns

  • An appointment will be made to come back to discuss the results

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The OPTIONS Project is a research study sponsored by UCSF. The goal of the OPTIONS Project is to learn as much as possible about early HIV infection and how transmission of HIV is occurring. OPTIONS is a study for people in the San Francisco area. ALL OPTIONS PROJECT SERVICES ARE FREE.

Updated 04/25/2008 by OPTIONS Project team