Genital HIV-1 RNA Predicts Risk of Heterosexual HIV-1 Transmission

Abstract

Genital HIV-1 RNA quantity predicts risk of heterosexual HIV-1 transmission independently of plasma HIV-1 concentration.

Keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)Transmission (telecommunications)VirologyRNASex organSexual transmissionBiologyMedicineGeneticsGeneComputer scienceMicrobicide

MeSH Terms

AdultFemaleHIV InfectionsHeterosexualityHumansMaleRNAViralSemenVaginal Smears

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Year: 2011
Type: article
Volume: 3
Issue: 77
Pages: 77ra29-77ra29
Citations: 294
Access: Closed

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                                    Jared M. Baeten, 
                                
                                    Erin Kahle, 
                                
                                    Jairam R. Lingappa
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2011). 
                            Genital HIV-1 RNA Predicts Risk of Heterosexual HIV-1 Transmission. 
                            Science Translational Medicine
                            , 3
                            (77)
                            , 77ra29-77ra29.
                            https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.3001888
                        

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DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3001888
PMID: 21471433
PMCID: PMC3087186

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