Transmission

Low HIV Viremia Reduces Risk of Heterosexual Transmission

Published in AIDS Weekly, April 10th, 2000

The lower the level of HIV in the blood, the less likely infected persons will transmit the virus to heterosexual partners, according to a study in Africa supported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).

In the New England Journal of Medicine (March 30, 2000), an international team reported results of the largest survey ever to examine the link between the concentration of virus in a person's blood - known as viral load - and other risk factors for HIV heterosexual transmission. The findings suggest viral load is the most important predictor of HIV transmission between men and women, regardless of the gender of the transmitting individual.

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2000-04-10)

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