Cervicovaginal anti-HIV antibodies in HIV-seronegative female sex workers in Abidjan, Cote d'lvoire

AIDS

Volumn 14, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2603-2608

  Ghys, Peter D ^a,b,f   Bélec, Laurent ^c   Diallo, Mamadou O ^a   Ettiègne Traoré, Virginie ^a   Becquart, Pierre ^c   Maurice, Chantal ^a   Nkengasong, John N ^a   Coulibaly, Issa Malick ^d   Greenberg, Alan E ^a,e   Laga, Marie ^b   Wiktor, Stefan Z ^a,e  

^a Project RETRO CI Abidjan   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^d Prog Natl de Lutte contre le SIDA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Female sex workers; HIV resistance; Mucosal immunity

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA SECRETION;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; PROSTITUTION; VAGINA;

EID: 0033749846     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200011100-00025     Document Type: Article

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