Bacterial vaginosis - Associated microflora isolated from the female genital tract activates HIV-1 expression

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 194-202

  Al Harthi, Lena ^a   Roebuck, Kenneth A ^a   Olinger, Gene G ^a   Landay, Alan ^a   Sha, Beverly E ^a   Hashemi, Farhad B ^a   Spear, Gregory T ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AP 1; Bacterial vaginosis; Cervicovaginal lavage; Diphtheroids; Female genital tract; HIV; LTR; Microflora; Mycoplasma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; VAGINITIS; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; RNA VIRUSES; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS;

EID: 0033166191     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-199907010-00003     Document Type: Article

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