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SUBMITTER: Lingappa JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2671170 | biostudies-literature | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lingappa Jairam R JR Kahle Erin E Mugo Nelly N Mujugira Andrew A Magaret Amalia A Baeten Jared J Bukusi Elizabeth A EA Cohen Craig R CR Katabira Elly E Ronald Allan A Kiarie James J Farquhar Carey C Stewart Grace John GJ Makhema Joseph J Essex M M Were Edwin E Fife Kenneth K Debruyn Guy G Gray Glenda G McIntyre James J Manongi Rachel R Kapiga Saidi S Coetzee David D Allen Susan S Inambao Mubiana M Kayitenkore Kayitesi K Karita Etienne E Kanweka William W Delany Sinead S Rees Helen H Vwalika Bellington B Coombs Robert W RW Morrow Rhoda R Whittington William W Corey Lawrence L Wald Anna A Celum Connie C
PloS one 20090430 4
<h4>Background</h4>The Partners HSV-2/HIV-1 Transmission Study (Partners Study) is a phase III, placebo-controlled trial of daily acyclovir for genital herpes (HSV-2) suppression among HIV-1/HSV-2 co-infected persons to reduce HIV-1 transmission to their HIV-1 susceptible partners, which requires recruitment of HIV-1 serodiscordant heterosexual couples. We describe the baseline characteristics of this cohort.<h4>Methods</h4>HIV-1 serodiscordant heterosexual couples, in which the HIV-1 infected p ...[more]