Open AccessCytokine Network and Sexual Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission in Men Who Have Sex With Men
Author(s) -
Christophe Vanpouille,
Andrew Frick,
Stephen A. Rawlings,
Martin Hoenigl,
Andrea Lisco,
Leonid Margolis,
Sara Gianella
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciz1150
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , cytokine , immunology , virology , sexual behavior , transmission (telecommunications) , sexual transmission , male homosexuality , men who have sex with men , clinical psychology , telecommunications , microbicide , syphilis , computer science
Seminal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission from men to their partners remains the main driver of HIV epidemics worldwide. Semen is not merely a carrier of the virus, but also provides an immunological milieu that affects HIV transmission.