To examine whether proviral load is important for transmission between spouses, since we have previously found that the proviral load of HIV-2 predicts the severity of infection.Proviral load was examined in 121 HIV-2-infected adults in a rural area of Guinea-Bissau. For the 68 subjects who had a spouse of known HIV status the risk of the spouse being infected was examined.Statistical methods for dependent data were used, because several couples were polygamous.Twenty-seven HIV-2-infected men had 52 current wives of whom 17 (33
作者:P, Aaby;K, Ariyoshi;M, Buckner;H, Jensen;N, Berry;A, Wilkins;D, Richard;O, Larsen;F, Dias;M, Melbye;H, Whittle
来源:AIDS (London, England) 1996 年 10卷 13期