Absence of transmission from HIV-infected individuals with HAART to their heterosexual serodiscordant partners

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 666-672

  Del Romero, Jorge ^a   Río, Isabel ^c,d   Castilla, Jesús ^b,c   Baza, Begoña ^a   Paredes, Vanessa ^d   Vera, Mar ^a   Rodríguez, Carmen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; HIV; HIV prevention; HIV serodiscordant couples; Sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL PRACTICE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; UNPROTECTED SEX; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRANSMISSION; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84951276589     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2014.10.020     Document Type: Article

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