Association between cervicovaginal HIV-1 RNA and HIV-1 DNA viral load and potential risk factors.

Linear coefficient on log10 scale; p-value from Wald test from a generalised least square random effects model. 1Adjusted for age, plasma viral load, quantitative cervico-vaginal shedding of HSV and HSV-2 seropositivity. 2Binary variable comparing samples from women with HSV DNA genital shedding and samples from women with no shedding. 3Quantitative analysis: Assessing the effect of a unit log increase in HSV DNA genital shedding. Women who were HSV-2 seronegative and women who were HSV-2 seropositive with undetectable HSV genital shedding were given a value of half the detectable threshold.