Semen of HIV-1–Infected Individuals: Local Shedding of Herpesviruses and Reprogrammed Cytokine Network

Abstract

HIV-1 infection results in an aberrant production of cytokines and reactivation of EBV and CMV that further changes the seminal cytokine network. The altered seminal milieu in HIV-1 infection may be a determinant of HIV-1 sexual transmission.