HIV-1 infection associated with abnormal vaginal flora morphology and bacterial vaginosis

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9077, 1997, Pages 546-550

  Sewankambo, Nelson ^a   Gray, Ronald H ^b,e   Wawer, Maria J ^c   Paxton, Lynn ^c   McNairn, Denise ^b   Wabwire Mangen, Fred ^a   Serwadda, David ^a   Li, Chuanjun ^b   Kiwanuka, Noah ^d   Hillier, Sharon L ^f   Rabe, Lorna ^f   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^b   Quinn, Thomas C ^b   Konde Lule, Joseph ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UGANDA; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0030789484     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)01063-5     Document Type: Article

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