Herpes simplex virus type 2 infection does not influence viral dynamics during early HIV-1 infection. Cachay, E. R., Frost, S. D. W., Richman, D. D., Smith, D. M., & Little, S. J. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 195(9):1270–1277, May, 2007.
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OBJECTIVE: We sought to compare baseline and longitudinal plasma HIV-1 loads between herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2)-seropositive and -seronegative individuals who are enrolled in a primary HIV-1 infection cohort in San Diego, California. DESIGN: The study was a retrospective cohort analysis. METHODS: We categorized antiretroviral-naive subjects on the basis of HSV-2 serostatus at baseline using an HSV-2 enzyme immunoassay. Low positive results (1.1-3.5) were confirmed by Western blotting. We compared baseline HIV-1 loads of the 2 groups using a linear model. To detect differences in HIV-1 dynamics, we analyzed longitudinal viral loads using a flexible semiparametric model, controlling for the time to antiretroviral therapy and stratifying by HIV-1 infection stage at entry. RESULTS: We studied 294 adult men. Ninety percent reported sex with men as their main HIV-1 risk factor. The seroprevalence of HSV-2 was 41.5%. The HSV-2-seropositive and -seronegative groups had similar baseline HIV-1 loads during acute infection (5.52 vs. 5.72 log(10) copies/mL; P=.39) and early infection (4.57 vs. 4.67 log(10) copies/mL; P=.5). Longitudinally, the difference in HIV-1 loads between HSV-2-seropositive and -seronegative men remained close to 0 during the first year of infection. CONCLUSIONS: HSV-2 serostatus has minimal influence on the dynamics of HIV-1 during acute and early HIV-1 infection.
@article{cachay_herpes_2007,
	title = {Herpes simplex virus type 2 infection does not influence viral dynamics during early {HIV}-1 infection},
	volume = {195},
	issn = {0022-1899},
	doi = {10.1086/513568},
	abstract = {OBJECTIVE: We sought to compare baseline and longitudinal plasma HIV-1 loads between herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2)-seropositive and -seronegative individuals who are enrolled in a primary HIV-1 infection cohort in San Diego, California.
DESIGN: The study was a retrospective cohort analysis.
METHODS: We categorized antiretroviral-naive subjects on the basis of HSV-2 serostatus at baseline using an HSV-2 enzyme immunoassay. Low positive results (1.1-3.5) were confirmed by Western blotting. We compared baseline HIV-1 loads of the 2 groups using a linear model. To detect differences in HIV-1 dynamics, we analyzed longitudinal viral loads using a flexible semiparametric model, controlling for the time to antiretroviral therapy and stratifying by HIV-1 infection stage at entry.
RESULTS: We studied 294 adult men. Ninety percent reported sex with men as their main HIV-1 risk factor. The seroprevalence of HSV-2 was 41.5\%. The HSV-2-seropositive and -seronegative groups had similar baseline HIV-1 loads during acute infection (5.52 vs. 5.72 log(10) copies/mL; P=.39) and early infection (4.57 vs. 4.67 log(10) copies/mL; P=.5). Longitudinally, the difference in HIV-1 loads between HSV-2-seropositive and -seronegative men remained close to 0 during the first year of infection.
CONCLUSIONS: HSV-2 serostatus has minimal influence on the dynamics of HIV-1 during acute and early HIV-1 infection.},
	language = {eng},
	number = {9},
	journal = {The Journal of Infectious Diseases},
	author = {Cachay, Edward R. and Frost, Simon D. W. and Richman, Douglas D. and Smith, Davey M. and Little, Susan J.},
	month = may,
	year = {2007},
	pmid = {17396995},
	keywords = {Adult, California, Cohort Studies, HIV Infections, HIV-1, Herpes Simplex, Herpesvirus 2, Human, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Prevalence, Retrospective Studies, Viral Load},
	pages = {1270--1277},
}

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