Association of sex work with reduced activation of the mucosal immune system

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 319-329

  Lajoie, Julie ^a   Kimani, Makubo ^b   Plummer, Francis A ^a,c   Nyamiobo, Francis ^b   Kaul, Rupert ^d   Kimani, Joshua ^a,b,e   Fowke, Keith R ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Kenyan AIDS Control Program   (Kenya)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

immune quiescence

Indexed keywords

CXCL11 CHEMOKINE; CXCL9 CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE DERIVED CHEMOKINE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3ALPHA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; KENYA; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; VAGINAL LAVAGE;

CHEMOKINES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT; FEMALE SEX WORK; HESN; HIV; IMMUNE ACTIVATION; IMMUNE QUIESCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; SEX WORKERS; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903946567     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu023     Document Type: Article

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