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Sexual Transmission of HIV

Year: 1997

Type: review

Abstract: Transmission through sexual contact accounts for 75 to 85 percent of the nearly 28 million infections with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that have occurred so far.1 The probability of infection through sexual contact, although it varies greatly, appears to be lower than that of infection through other routes of exposure (Figure 1). The variability observed among and within routes of HIV exposure depends partly on the viral dose and also on whether the virus is transmitted directly into the blood or onto a mucous membrane. In addition, these differences are influenced by a variety of host factors, including both . . .

Source: New England Journal of Medicine

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199704103361507

Authors: Rachel A. Royce, Arlene Seña, Willard Cates, Myron S. Cohen

Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: U.S. Public Health Service