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Heterosexual spread of HIV infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2009

Pamela Stratton
Affiliation:
Contraceptive Development Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, USA
Nancy J Alexander*
Affiliation:
Contraceptive Development Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, USA
*
Nancy J Alexander, Chief, Contraceptive Development Branch, NICHD/CPR/CDB, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 8B13, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

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Sexual transmission is the most common route of spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with heterosexual transmission of HIV infection accounting for 90% of those infected in 1992 and over 75% of the 10–12 million of those infected to date worldwide. Yet, heterosexual transmission is poorly understood. Since HIV can be transmitted from HIV-infected people who are asymptomatic as well as from those who have the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), we must better define the potential for transmission of HIV from HIV-infected individuals as well as the factors which influence the susceptibility of HIV-uninfected individuals.

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