Detection and quantification of HIV-1 in semen: Identification of a subpopulation of men at high potential risk of viral sexual transmission

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 823-831

  Tachet, Anne ^a   Dulioust, Emmanuel ^b   Salmon, Dominique ^b   De Almeida, Marta ^b   Rivalland, Sylvie ^a   Finkielsztejn, Laurent ^b   Heard, Isabelle ^b   Jouannet, Pierre ^b   Sicard, Didier ^b   Rouzioux, Christine ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b université Paris Cité   (France)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; HIV DNA; HIV RNA; Seminal cells; Seminal plasma; Sexual transmission; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROVIRUSES; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032928773     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199905070-00012     Document Type: Article

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