title: Suppression of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 viral load during acute measles.
abstract: Acute measles virus infection can result in a transient decrease in plasma human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA loads. We report the kinetics of plasma HIV-1 RNA loads in 2 Zambian children with confirmed and probable measles, and show that the decline in viral load is of similar magnitude to the first-phase decay rate after initiation of antiretroviral therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. wmoss@jhsph.edu.
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Zaza
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ndhlovu
authors.forename: Mwaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monze
authors.forename: Felicity T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Cutts
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.forename: Diane E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Griffin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008457:Measles / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D008458:Measles Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology; D008459:Measles virus / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000276:immunology; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D019562:Viral Load; D015024:Zambia
chemical_list: D008458:Measles Vaccine; D012367:RNA, Viral