Viral Load and Heterosexual Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1

C. Quinn, Thomas; J. Wawer, Maria; K. Sewankambo, Nelson; Serwadda, David; Li, Chuanjun; Wabwire‐Mangen, Fred; Meehan, Mary; Lutalo, Thomas; H. Gray, Ronald

doi:10.1056/nejm200003303421303

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Viral Load and Heterosexual Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Mar 30, 2000

Authors:

Thomas C. Quinn

Maria J. Wawer

Nelson K. Sewankambo

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND METHODS: We examined the influence of viral load in relation to other risk factors for the heterosexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). In a community-based study of 15,127 persons in a rural district of Uganda, we identified 415 couples in which one partn...

Subject

Seroconversion

Medicine

Incidence (geometry)

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