Shedding of HIV and human herpesviruses in the semen of effectively treated HIV-1-infected men who have sex with men

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 441-447

  Gianella, Sara ^a   Smith, Davey M ^a,b   Vargas, Milenka V ^a   Little, Susan J ^a   Richman, Douglas D ^a,b   Daar, Eric S ^c   Dube, Michael P ^d   Zhang, Fan ^e   Ginocchio, Christina C ^e   Haubrich, Richard H ^a   Morris, Sheldon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e North Shore LIJ Health System ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Cytomegalovirus; HIV shedding; HIV transmission; Semen

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE INHIBITOR; NONNUCLEOSIDE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TENOFOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CHRONIC PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPERM; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HIV SHEDDING; HIV TRANSMISSION; SEMEN;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 84880358629     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit252     Document Type: Article

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