Open AccessPlasma Viral Load Concentrations in Women and Men From Different Exposure Categories and With Known Duration of HIV Infection
Author(s) -
Giovanni Rezza,
AC Lepri,
A d’Arminio Monforte,
Patrizio Pezzotti,
Francesco Castelli,
F. Dianzani,
Adriano Lazzarin,
A De Luca,
Massimo Arlotti,
Francesco Leoncini,
Pe Manconi,
Giuliano Rizzardini,
Lorenzo Minoli,
A Poggio,
Giuseppe Ippolito,
Peng An,
Mauro Moroni
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/00042560-200009010-00008
Subject(s) - viral load , confidence interval , seroconversion , medicine , context (archaeology) , immunology , lentivirus , viral disease , reverse transcriptase , cohort , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , young adult , cross sectional study , virology , rna , biology , pathology , genetics , gene , paleontology
According to recent studies, women have lower plasma HIV RNA concentrations than men. However, these studies did not take into account the duration of HIV infection.