Topical estrogen protects against SIV vaginal transmission without evidence of systemic effect

AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1637-1643

  Smith, Stephen M ^a,b   Mefford, Megan ^c   Sodora, Donald ^d   Klase, Zachary ^a   Singh, Mahender ^a   Alexander, Nancy ^e   Hess, David ^f   Marx, Preston A ^c,g  

^a ST MICHAEL S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^e Organon International   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Macaques; SIV; Topical estriol; Vaginal viral transmission

Indexed keywords

ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ESTRIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TOPICAL TREATMENT; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COLPOSCOPY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; EPITHELIUM; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACACA MULATTA; OVARIECTOMY; RNA; SIMIAN ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; VAGINA;

EID: 4143134237     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000131393.76221.cc     Document Type: Article

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