Cervical shedding of human T cell lymphotropic virus type I is associated with cervicitis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 186, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1669-1672

  Zunt, Joseph R ^a,h   Dezzutti, Charlene S ^b   Montano, Silvia M ^c   Thomas, Katherine K ^a   Alarcón, Jorge O V ^d   Quijano, Eberth ^e   Courtois, Barry N ^a   Sánchez, Jorge L ^f   Campos, Pablo ^g   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^g   Guenthner, Patricia C ^b   Lal, Renu B ^b   Holmes, King K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^e Centro de Salud Alberto Barton   (Peru)

^f ASOCIACIÓN CIVIL IMPACTA SALUD Y EDUCACIÓN   (Peru)

^g UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PERU; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SECRETION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SUPERINFECTION; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ADULT; AGED; CERVIX UTERI; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HTLV-I ANTIBODIES; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 0036890659     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345364     Document Type: Article

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