Once infected with HIV, the virus takes hold in your body by multiplying rapidly. Your immune system responds by producing antibodies in response to the virus. This period is known as seroconversion.

Many HIV-serodiscordant couples desire children and physician-assisted techniques can help individuals achieve pregnancy while reducing the risk of seroconversion in their seronegative partner.

HIV seroconversion occurred in approximately 1% of adults who received PEP after nonoccupational exposure. Whether these seroconversions represent failures of PEP is unclear. Antiretroviral ...