Genital tract inflammation during early HIV-1 infection predicts higher plasma viral load set point in women

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194-203

  Roberts, Lindi ^a   Passmore, Jo Ann S ^a,b   Mlisana, Koleka ^c   Williamson, Carolyn ^a,c   Little, Francesca ^d   Bebell, Lisa M ^c,e,g   Walzl, Gerhard ^f   Abrahams, Melissa Rose ^a   Woodman, Zenda ^d   Karim, Quarraisha Abdool ^c,e   Karim, Salim S Abdool ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CD40 LIGAND; EOTAXIN; FRACTALKINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3ALPHA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CERVICOVAGINAL LAVAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL TRACT INFLAMMATION; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL LAVAGE; VAGINITIS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CYTOKINES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINAL DOUCHING; VAGINITIS; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555189209     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir715     Document Type: Article

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