Acute HIV infection transmits greater risk.
It's long been hypothesized that semen viral load is the explanation for why there appears to be greater HIV transmission associated with acute infection. Now a study confirms this perception. People who have sex with a partner during an acute HIV infection phase may be at a 20-fold greater risk per exposure than are partners of individuals who are at a virologic set point, according to a recent study.
D000208:Acute Disease; D006678:HIV / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012661:Semen / Q000821:virology*; D019562:Viral Load