- Case-Based Modules
- Initial Evaluation
- Dermatologic Manifestations
- Oral Manifestations
- OIs: Prophylaxis
- OIs: Treatment
- Antiretroviral Rx
- Antiretroviral Rx: Resistance
- Antiretroviral Rx: Adverse Effects
- Drug-Drug Interactions
- Postexposure Prophylaxis
- Perinatal Transmission
- Special Populations
- Prevention for Positives
- Challenging Unknowns
- Resource-Limited Settings
- Interactive Tutorials
- Routine HIV Screening
- Oraquick Advance Rapid HIV Test
- HIV Integration
- This program is funded through Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services.
Prevention for Positives
Question | Discussion | References | CME Credit
Case 4: STDs and HIV Transmission
You answered:
 |
The presence of genital lesions caused by HSV in an HIV-infected person confers a major increase (up to 4-fold) in the risk of HIV transmission to a HIV-negative partner. |
|---|
This answer is correct. The presence of a recent genital ulcer caused by HSV is associated with an approximate 4-fold increased risk of transmission of HIV per-sex-act in couples who are serodiscordant for both HIV and HSV-2.
Copyright © 2004-2013 University of Washington