Longitudinal assessment of HIV-1 and HSV-2 shedding in the genital tract of West African women

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 632-634

  Nagot, Nicolas ^a,b   Foulongne, Vincent ^c   Becquart, Pierre ^c   Mayaud, Philippe ^b   Konate, Issouf ^a   Ouedraogo, Abdoulaye ^a   Defer, Marie Christine ^a   Weiss, Helen ^b   Van De Perre, Philippe ^c   Segondy, Michel ^c,d  

^a CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

African women; Genital shedding; HIV 1 RNA; HSV 2 DNA

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; RNA ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINAL LAVAGE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; VAGINAL SMEARS; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 23244444406     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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