Relative HIV resistance in kenyan sex workers is not due to an altered prevalence or mucosal immune impact of herpes simplex virus type 2 infection

Current HIV Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 504-507

  Baltzer, Heather ^a   Chege, Duncan ^a   Rebbapragada, Anuradha ^a   Wachihi, Charles ^c   Shin, Lucy Y Y ^a   Kimani, Joshua ^c,d   Ball, T Blake ^d   Jaoko, Walter ^c   Plummer, Francis A ^d   Kaul, Rupert ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female sex workers; Herpes simplex virus type 2; HIV resistance; HIV susceptibility; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

CD209 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; T6 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; KENYA; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCOSA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; KENYA; PROSTITUTION; VAGINA;

EID: 70350716637     PISSN: 1570162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016209789346336     Document Type: Article

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