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DETECTION OF HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS TYPE-1 IN SEMEN - EFFECTS OF DISEASE STAGE AND NUCLEOSIDE THERAPY JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES Hamed, K. A., Winters, M. A., Holodniy, M., Katzenstein, D. A., Merigan, T. C. 1993; 167 (4): 798-802

Abstract

The effects of clinical stage of infection and antiviral therapy on the detection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) nucleic acids in semen were investigated by the polymerase chain reaction. HIV-1 was detected in 45 (87%) of 52 semen specimens from 29 (81%) of 36 men. Seventeen (77%) of 22 stage II or III subjects and 12 (86%) of 14 stage IV subjects had positive specimens. The CD4+ lymphocyte count was not significantly different comparing subjects with positive and negative semen. Moreover, 6 (67%) of 9 untreated men had positive specimens compared with 23 (85%) of 27 men treated with zidovudine, 2',3'-dideoxyinosine, or both for a mean of 20 months. Thus, the detection of HIV-1 in semen was independent of both stage of infection and long-term treatment. In a semiquantitative analysis of 6 men followed for 8 weeks after the start of nucleoside therapy, a decrease in HIV-1 RNA in seminal plasma was demonstrated in 2.

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