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Effect of Condom Use on Per-act HSV-2 Transmission Risk in HIV-1, HSV-2-discordant Couples
Author(s) -
Amalia Magaret,
Andrew Mujugira,
James P. Hughes,
Jairam R. Lingappa,
Elizabeth A. Bukusi,
Guy de Bruyn,
Sinead DelanyMoretlwe,
Kenneth H. Fife,
Glenda Gray,
Saidi Kapiga,
Etienne Karita,
Nelly Mugo,
Helen Rees,
Allan Ronald,
Bellington Vwalika,
Edwin Were,
Connie Celum,
Anna Wald,
Jared M. Baeten,
Mary S. Campbell,
Lawrence Corey,
Robert W. Coombs,
M. Juliana McElrath,
Rhoda Morrow,
James I. Mullins,
David Coetzee,
Max Essex,
Joseph Makhema,
Elly Katabira,
Susan Allen,
Kayitesi Kayitenkore,
Elizabeth Bukusi,
Craig Cohen,
William Kanweka,
Rachel Magi,
Carey Farquhar,
Grace JohnStewart,
James Kiarie,
Mubiana Inambao,
Sinéad DelanyMoretlwe,
James McIntyre
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/civ908
Subject(s) - medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , condom , serodiscordant , demography , gynecology , virology , immunology , obstetrics , virus , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral load , syphilis , sociology , antiretroviral therapy , electrical engineering , engineering
The efficacy of condoms for protection against transmission of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) has been examined in a variety of populations with different effect measures. Often the efficacy has been assessed as change in hazard of transmission with consistent vs inconsistent use, independent of the number of acts. Condom efficacy has not previously measured on a per-act basis.

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