title: Comment on "The origins of sexually transmitted HIV among men who have sex with men".
abstract: Whether HIV from seminal cells or free HIV in semen is the origin of transmitted virus has important implications for the design of transmission prevention strategies. We found that a recent claim that HIV originates from seminal plasma and not from seminal cells was erroneous, because it was based on biological specimens that had been mislabeled, mixed-up, or contaminated. The origin of transmitted virus from semen therefore remains an open question.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Heath
authors.forename: Lisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Frenkel
authors.forename: Brian T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Foley
authors.forename: James I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Mullins
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D012661:Semen / Q000166:cytology / Q000821:virology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral