Relationship between levels of inflammatory cytokines in the genital tract and CD4+ cell counts in women with acute HIV-1 infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 198, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 710-714

  Bebell, Lisa M ^a,b   Passmore, Jo Ann ^c,d   Williamson, Carolyn ^a,c   Mlisana, Koleka ^a   Iriogbe, Itua ^a   Van Loggerenberg, Francois ^a   Karim, Quarraisha Abdool ^a,b   Karim, Salim Abdool ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 50949102889     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590503     Document Type: Article

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