HIV-1 Populations in Semen Arise through Multiple Mechanisms.

HIV-1 is present in anatomical compartments and bodily fluids. Most transmissions occur through sexual acts, making virus in semen the proximal source in male donors. We find three distinct relationships in comparing viral RNA populations between blood and semen in men with chronic HIV-1 infection,...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey A Anderson, Li-Hua Ping, Oliver Dibben, Cassandra B Jabara, Leslie Arney, Laura Kincer, Yuyang Tang, Marcia Hobbs, Irving Hoffman, Peter Kazembe, Corbin D Jones, Persephone Borrow, Susan Fiscus, Myron S Cohen, Ronald Swanstrom, Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-08-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20808902/pdf/?tool=EBI