Post-prostatic massage fluid/urine as an alternative to semen for studying male genitourinary HIV-1 shedding

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 232-237

  Graham, Susan M ^a,b,c,d   Krieger, John N ^a   Githua, Peter L M ^c   Wamuyu, Lorraine W ^c   Wale, Steven ^c   Ramko, Kelly M ^c   Dragavon, Joan A ^a   Muller, Charles H ^a   Holte, Sarah E ^a,e   Mandaliya, Kishor N ^f   McClelland, R Scott ^a   Peshu, Norbert M ^c   Sanders, Eduard J ^c,g   Coombs, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^f Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Kenya)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE FLUID; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINALYSIS; VALIDITY; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

ADULT; BODILY SECRETIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 79953084109     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2010.047118     Document Type: Article

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