Association of indicators of bacterial vaginosis with a female genital tract factor that induces expression of HIV-1

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1905-1912

  Olinger, Gene G ^a   Hashemi, Farhad B ^a   Sha, Beverly E ^b   Spear, Gregory T ^a,c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NW University Medical School   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Gardnerella vaginalis; Gram stain; HIV 1; Mycoplasma; Mycoplasma hominis; PCR

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MENSTRUATION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HIV-1; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0032729852     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199910010-00013     Document Type: Article

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