Evaluation of sperm washing as a potential method of reducing HIV transmission in HIV-discordant couples wishing to have children

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 645-651

  Kim, Louise U ^a   Johnson, Mark R ^b   Barton, Simon ^b   Nelson, Mark R ^a   Sontag, Glenn ^b   Richard Smith, J ^a   Gotch, Frances M ^a   Gilmour, Jill W ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discordant; Fluorescence activated cell sorter; HIV; Receptor; Semen; Spermatozoa; Transmission; Viral load; Women

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DNA, VIRAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, CCR5; RECEPTORS, CXCR4; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPERMATOZOA; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0033033674     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199904160-00004     Document Type: Article

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