Discordance in HIV-1 viral loads and antiretroviral drug concentrations comparing semen and blood plasma

HIV Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 548-554

  Lorello, G ^a   la Porte, C ^a,b,c   Pilon, R ^d   Zhang, G ^b   Karnauchow, T ^a,e   MacPherson, P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral concentrations; Blood; HIV; Semen; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ATAZANAVIR; ATAZANAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; DIDANOSINE; EFAVIRENZ; EMTRICITABINE; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; NEVIRAPINE; RITONAVIR; SAQUINAVIR; STAVUDINE; TENOFOVIR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG PENETRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 70350000411     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2009.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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