Role of seminal shedding of herpesviruses in HIV type 1 transmission

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 257-261

  Gianella, Sara ^a   Morris, Sheldon R ^a   Vargas, Milenka V ^a   Young, Jason A ^a   Callahan, Bryan ^a   Richman, Douglas D ^a,b   Little, Susan J ^a   Smith, Davey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

antiretroviral therapy; genital coinfections; Herpes viruses; HIV 1 transmission; men who have sex with men

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENITAL SYSTEM; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERM; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; COINFECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 84871754657     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis683     Document Type: Article

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