Permissive and protective factors associated with presence, level, and longitudinal pattern of cervicovaginal HIV shedding.
Permissive and protective factors associated with presence, level, and longitudinal pattern of cervicovaginal HIV shedding.
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10.1097/qai.0b013e31824aeaaa
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发表时间:
2012-05-01
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Kovacs A
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Homans J;Christensen S;Stiller T;Wang CH;Mack W;Anastos K;Minkoff H;Young M;Greenblatt R;Cohen M;Strickler H;Karim R;Spencer LY;Operskalski E;Frederick T;Kovacs A
Cervicovaginal HIV level (CV-VL) influences HIV transmission. Plasma viral load (PVL) correlates with CV-VL but discordance is frequent. We evaluated how PVL, behavioral, immunologic and local factors/conditions individually and collectively correlate with CV-VL. CV-VL was measured in cervicovaginal lavage fluid (CVL) over 976 person-visits for 481 HIV-infected women in a longitudinal cohort study. We correlated identified factors with CV-VL at individual person-visits and detectable/undetectable PVL strata by univariate and multivariate linear regression, and with shedding pattern (never, intermittent, persistent ≥3 shedding-visits) in 136 women with ≥3 visits by ordinal logistic regression. 450/959 (46.9%) of person-visits with available PVL were discordant. 435/959 (45.3%) had detectable PVL with undetectable CV-VL and 15/959 (1.6%) undetectable PVL with detectable CV-VL. Lower CV-VL correlated with HAART usage (P=0.01). Higher CV-VL correlated with higher PVL (P<0.001), inflammation-associated cellular changes (P=0.03), cervical ectopy (P=0.009), exudate (P=0.005), and trichomoniasis (P=0.03). In multivariate analysis of the PVL-detectable stratum, increased CV-VL correlated with the same factors and friability (P=0.05), while with undetectable PVL, decreased CV-VL correlated with HAART use (P=0.04). In longitudinal analysis, never (40.4%) and intermittent (44.9%) shedding were most frequent. Higher-frequency shedders were more likely to have higher initial PVL (OR=2.47/log10 increase), HSV-2 seropositivity (OR=3.21) and alcohol use (OR=2.20). While PVL correlates strongly with CV-VL, discordance is frequent. When PVL is detectable, cervicovaginal inflammatory conditions correlate with increased shedding. However, genital shedding is sporadic and not reliably predicted by associated factors. HAART, by reducing PVL, is the most reliable means of reducing cervicovaginal shedding.