Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-specific antibody in cervicovaginal lavage specimens obtained from women infected with HIV type 1

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 611-617

  Williams, Selvi B ^a   Flanigan, Timothy P ^a   Cu Uvin, Susan ^a   Mayer, Kenneth ^a   Williams, Pepper ^b   Ettore, Christopher A ^c   Artenstein, Andrew W ^c   Duerr, Ann ^d   VanCott, Thomas C ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICOVAGINAL LAVAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA MUCOSA; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TITRATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036720455     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342201     Document Type: Article

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