Mary P. Meehan

TL;DR: The rate of HIV transmission per coital act was highest during early-stage infection, which has implications for HIV prevention and for projecting the effects of antiretroviral treatment on HIV transmission.

TL;DR: HIV load is increased in HSV-2-positive subjects who seroconverted, suggesting a role for treatment of HSV the virus type 2 infection inHSV- 2-seropositive, dually infected individuals.

TL;DR: In this mature, generalized HIV epidemic setting, most HIV seroconversion occurs without recognized STD symptoms or curable STD detected by screening, and syndromic management or other strategies of STD treatment are unlikely to substantially reduce HIV incidence in this population.

TL;DR: The higher prevalence and intensity of HPV infection in HIV-positive women could facilitate HPV transmission in this population of women, and self-collected vaginal swabs could be used in population-based screening to identify women at high risk of cervical neoplasia.

TL;DR: Viremia was increased with genital ulcer disease (GUD) in both subjects with incident infection and in those with prevalent infection, and with herpes simplex virus type 2 seropositivity in subjects with event HIV infection.