title: Changes in sexual behavior among HIV-infected women after initiation of HAART.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We assessed the association between initiation of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) regimens and sexual risk behaviors among HIVinfected women.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed data from 724 women who initiated HAART between January 1996 and January 2001 and who had pre-HAART viral loads at or above 400 copies per milliliter.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sexually active women were less likely (odds ratio [OR] = 0.79) to report 2 or more partners during a 6-month period after HAART initiation than before HAART initiation. However, the risk for unprotected sex was higher after HAART initiation than before HAART initiation among all sexually active women (both those who reported 2 or more partners [OR = 1.84] and those who reported 1 partner [OR = 1.22]).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sexual risk behaviors are associated with receipt of therapy but not with therapeutic response, indicating a risk for transmission among female HAART recipients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA. tracey.wilson@downstate.edu
authors.forename: Tracey E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Mary Elizabeth
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Gore
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Greenblatt
authors.forename: Mardge
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Minkoff
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Robison
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Gange
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D002641:Chicago / Q000453:epidemiology; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D004219:District of Columbia; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D021841:Safe Sex / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014930:Women / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*