Polymerase chain reaction for Y chromosome to detect semen in cervicovaginal fluid: A prerequisite to assess HIV-specific vaginal immunity and HIV genital shedding

AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 801-802

  Chomont, Nicolas ^a   Grésenguet, Gérard ^b   Hocini, Hakim ^a   Becquart, Pierre ^a   Matta, Mathieu ^c   Andreoletti, Laurent ^c   Si Mohamed, Ali ^c   Carreno, Marie Paule ^a   Kazatchkine, Michel ^a   Bélec, Laurent ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^b Centre National de Reference des Maladies Sexuellement Transmissibles et du SIDA   (Central African Republic)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VIRUS SHEDDING; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY FLUIDS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN; VAGINA; VIRUS SHEDDING; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0035853420     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200104130-00018     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. An enzyme immunoassay for prostate-specific p30 antigen detection in the postcoital vaginal tract
2. Detection of semen in cervicovaginal secretions
3. Dilution assessment of cervicovaginal secretions obtained by vaginal washing for immunological assays
4. Quantitative detection of male DNA by polymerase chain reaction using a single primer set: Application to sex determination and counting of rare fetal cells
5. In vivo semen-associated pH neutralization of cervicovaginal secretions