In Captive Rhesus Macaques, Cervicovaginal Inflammation Is Common but Not Associated with the Stable Polymicrobial Microbiome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Spear, Gregory ^a   Rothaeulser, Kristina ^b,c   Fritts, Linda ^b,c   Gillevet, Patrick M ^d   Miller, Christopher J ^b,c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2',5' OLIGOADENYLATE SYNTHETASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; CXCL9 CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALLISONELLA; ANAEROSPHAERA; ANAEROVORAX; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATONELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALISTER; EXILISPIRA; FEMALE; IGNAVIGRANUM; INOCULATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOME; MICROFLORA; MOBILUNCUS; NONHUMAN; PEPTONIPHILUS; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; PROTEINIPHILUM; PYROSEQUENCING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHESUS MONKEY; RNA ISOLATION; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; COINFECTION; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MACACA MULATTA; METAGENOME; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONKEY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 84871709798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052992     Document Type: Article

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