The Barrier to HIV Transmission Provided by Genital Tract Lactobacillus Colonization

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 531-536

  Mirmonsef, Paria ^a   Spear, Gregory T ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Genital tract microbiota; Glycogen; HIV transmission; Lactic acid; Lactobacillus; pH

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERMENTATION; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TERM BIRTH; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CHEMISTRY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; TRANSMISSION; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VIROLOGY;

CERVIX UTERI; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOTA; VAGINA;

EID: 84900793818     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12232     Document Type: Article

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