Semen may harbor hiv despite effective haart: Another piece in the puzzle

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Halfon, Philippe ^a   Giorgetti, Claude ^b   Khiri, Hacène ^a   Pénaranda, Guillaume ^a   Terriou, Philippe ^b   Porcu Buisson, Géraldine ^b   Chabert Orsini, Véronique ^b  

^a Laboratoire Alphabio   (France)

^b Medical Institute of Reproduction   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ATAZANAVIR; DIDANOSINE; EFAVIRENZ; EMTRICITABINE; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR; RITONAVIR; SAQUINAVIR; STAVUDINE; TENOFOVIR; VIRUS RNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FRANCE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMEN;

EID: 77956286472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010569     Document Type: Article

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