Virologic and Immunologic Determinants of Heterosexual Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Africa

Fideli, U.; A. Allen, Susan; Musonda, Rosemary; Trask, Stan; H. Hahn, Beatrice; Weiss, Heidi; Mulenga, Joseph; Kasolo, Francis; H. Vermund, Sten; M. Aldrovandi, Grace

doi:10.1089/088922201750290023

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Virologic and Immunologic Determinants of Heterosexual Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Africa

Published in AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses • Jul 15, 2001

Authors:

U. Fideli

Susan A. Allen

Rosemary Musonda

Abstract

More than 80% of the world's HIV-infected adults live in sub-Saharan Africa, where heterosexual transmission is the predominant mode of spread. The virologic and immunologic correlates of female-to-male (FTM) and male-to-female (MTF) transmission are not well understood. A total of 1022 heterosexual...

Subject

Transmission (telecommunications)

Serology

Viral load

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