Koneva, N.A., Badosova, N.V., Rakhmanova, A.G., Lobzin, Yu.V., Zholobov, V.E., Yastrebova, E.B.

Comparative clinical and epidemiologic characteristic of HIV infection in women from discordant pairs

Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education; Center for Prevention and Control of AIDS and Infectious Diseases, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Forty HIV-positive women living with HIV-infected sexual partner as well as 40 HIV-positive women from discordant pairs (HIV-positive wife and HIV-negative husband) were surveyed. Less than half of HIV-infected patients (40%) specified the use of condoms for sexual contacts. In the group of women living with HIV-infected partner more expressed immunosupression (CD4 count 427 cells/mcl versus 528 cells/mcl) was observed. Statistically significant increased viral load in the 1^st group compared with the women from discordant pairs was revealed.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2008, No. 6, P. 73—75

Koneva, N.A., Badosova, N.V., Rakhmanova, A.G., Lobzin, Yu.V., Zholobov, V.E., Yastrebova, E.B.Comparative clinical and epidemiologic characteristic of HIV infection in women from discordant pairs

Koneva, N.A., Badosova, N.V., Rakhmanova, A.G., Lobzin, Yu.V., Zholobov, V.E., Yastrebova, E.B.

Comparative clinical and epidemiologic characteristic of HIV infection in women from discordant pairs