Association between culturable human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV- 1) in semen and HIV-1 RNA levels in semen and blood: Evidence for compartmentalization of HIV-1 between semen and blood

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 320-330

  Coombs, Robert W ^a   Speck, Carl E ^a,b   Hughes, James P ^a   Lee, Willa ^a   Sampoleo, Reigran ^a   Ross, Susan O ^a   Dragavon, Joan ^a   Peterson, Greg ^a   Hooton, Thomas M ^a   Collier, Ann C ^a   Corey, Lawrence ^a   Koutsky, Laura ^a   Krieger, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPERM; VIREMIA; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 17344367520     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514213     Document Type: Article

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