Linking microbial, immune environment in semen to HIV viral load, transmission
Thursday, July 24, 2014 - 19:30
in Health & Medicine
HIV infection re-shapes the relationship between semen bacteria and immune factors which in turn affects viral load, suggesting that the semen microbiome plays a role in sexual transmission of HIV, researchers report. While HIV is found in many body fluids, sexual transmission through semen is the most common route of infection.