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Posit Aware. 1997 Mar/Apr;8(2):9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/97702737
Vazquez E; Clearinghouse, AIDS Newsletter Database, P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD; 20849-6003. 800-458-5231 ext. 5714. A fee will apply.

Abstract: Researchers are cautiously optimistic that HIV-positive men with undetectable viral loads may be able to have children with HIV-negative women, without infecting either their partner or their baby. A Spanish study showed that 70 percent of the people transmitting the virus had viral loads greater than 15,000 copies. Unprotected sex among serodiscordant couples is still not recommended, as HIV is found in cells other than semen. Antiviral therapy in U.S. women has also been found to decrease HIV viral load in vaginal secretions, but there is not enough evidence to say whether it is safe for those women to become pregnant.
Keywords: *Disease Transmission, Vertical/PREVENTION & CONTROL *HIV Infections/TRANSMISSION *Semen/VIROLOGY *Vagina/VIROLOGYKWDdiseasetransmission,vertical/prevention&controlKWDhivinfections/transmissionKWDsemen/virologyKWDvagina/virology
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