Heterosexual transmission of HIV.

Heterosexual transmission of HIV in Haiti.

BACKGROUND Despite the importance of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission through heterosexual contact, the incidence of HIV infection in heterosexual cohorts has not been well studied, particularly in the developing world. OBJECTIVE To 1) determine the incidence of HIV infection in discordant heterosexual couples (couples in which one partner had HIV infection and the other did no...

HIV transmission in serodiscordant heterosexual couples.

Antiretroviral treatment inhibits HIV viral replication and reduces plasma viral load. Low plasma viral load is associated with a lower probability of HIV transmission, which opens the possibility of treatment to reduce HIV transmission. 2 The feasibility, potential effectiveness, and risks of such treatment are unclear, and a key uncertainty is the extent to which successful antiretroviral tre...

[Condom effectiveness in reducing heterosexual HIV transmission].

BACKGROUND The amount of protection that condoms provide for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections is unknown. Cohort studies of sexually active HIV serodiscordant couples with follow-up of the seronegative partner, provide a situation in which a seronegative partner has known exposure to the disease and disease incidence can be estimated. When some individuals use condoms and some do n...

Heterosexual transmission of HIV in injecting drug users.

Ending the epidemic of heterosexual HIV transmission among African Americans.

This article examines factors responsible for the stark racial disparities in HIV infection in the U.S. and the now concentrated epidemic among African Americans. Sexual network patterns characterized by concurrency and mixing among different subpopulations, together with high rates of other sexually transmitted infections, facilitate dissemination of HIV among African Americans. The social and...