HIV-1 RNA shedding in the female genital tract is associated with reduced quantity of Lactobacilli in clinically asymptomatic HIV-positive women

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 112-114

  Mane, Arati ^a   Kulkarni, Smita ^a   Ghate, Manisha ^a   Risbud, Arun ^a   Thakar, Madhuri ^a  

^a Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation India   (India)

Author keywords

Genital shedding; HIV 1; Lactobacilli

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTIC ACID; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; LACTOBACILLUS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; URINALYSIS; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BACTERIAL LOAD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; RNA, VIRAL; VAGINA; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 84870759095     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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