Disproportionately high semen shedding of HIV is associated with compartmentalized cytomegalovirus reactivation

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-48

  Sheth, Prameet M ^a   Danesh, Ali ^a   Sheung, Anthony ^a   Rebbapragada, Anuradha ^a   Shahabi, Kamnoosh ^a   Kovacs, Colin ^b   Halpenny, Roberta ^b   Tilley, David ^b   Mazzulli, Tony ^a,b   MacDonald, Kelly ^a,b   Kelvin, David ^a,c   Kaul, Rupert ^a,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPERM; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 29744464314     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498576     Document Type: Article

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