Bacterial vaginosis and vaginal yeast, but not vaginal cleansing, increase HIV-1 acquisition in African women

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-210

  Van De Wijgert, Janneke H H M ^a   Morrison, Charles S ^b   Cornelisse, Peter G A ^c,i   Munjoma, Marshall ^d   Moncada, Jeanne ^e   Awio, Peter ^f   Wang, Jing ^c   Van Der Pol, Barbara ^g   Chipato, Tsungai ^d   Salata, Robert A ^h   Padian, Nancy S ^e  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f JOINT CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Uganda)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ MERCK SERONO S A   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Bacterial vaginosis; Candidiasis; Heterosexual transmission; HIV 1; Vaginal practices

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN; NYSTATIN;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONORRHEA; GRAM STAINING; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UGANDA; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VAGINAL LAVAGE; VAGINITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YEAST; ZIMBABWE; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; VAGINA; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV-1; HUMANS; VAGINA; VAGINAL DOUCHING; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 46449115063     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181743936     Document Type: Article

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