Track C Epidemiology and Prevention Science

Dual infection with HIV‐1 and HIV‐2, which is not uncommon in West Africa, has important implications for transmission, progression, and antiretroviral therapy. Few studies have examined HIV viral dynamics in this setting. We compared HIV‐1 and HIV‐2 viral loads from 65 dually infected, antiretroviral therapy‐naïve Senegalese subjects. Participants provided demographic information and blood, oral fluid, and cervicovaginal lavage (CVL) or semen …