Impact of collection method on assessment of semen HIV RNA viral load.

The blood HIV RNA viral load is the best-defined predictor of HIV transmission, in part due to ease of measurement and the correlation of blood and genital tract (semen or cervico-vaginal) viral load, although recent studies found semen HIV RNA concentration to be a stronger predictor of HIV transmi...

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Main Authors: Brendan J W Osborne, Prameet M Sheth, Colin Kovacs, Tony Mazzulli, Rupert Kaul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3158791?pdf=render