The Semen Microbiome and Its Relationship with Local Immunology and Viral Load in HIV Infection

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Cindy M ^a,b,c   Osborne, Brendan J W ^d   Hungate, Bruce A ^b   Shahabi, Kamnoosh ^d   Huibner, Sanja ^d   Lester, Richard ^c   Dwan, Michael G ^c   Kovacs, Colin ^d,e   Contente Cuomo, Tania L ^c   Benko, Erika ^e   Aziz, Maliha ^c,f   Price, Lance B ^c,f   Kaul, Rupert ^d,g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Maple Leaf Medical Centre   (Canada)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENETICS; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; SPERM; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; BACTERIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOTA; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; SEMEN; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84905397876     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004262     Document Type: Article

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