Visualization of HIV-1 Interactions with Penile and Foreskin Epithelia: Clues for Female-to-Male HIV Transmission

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1-20

  Dinh, Minh H ^a   Anderson, Meegan R ^a   McRaven, Michael D ^a   Cianci, Gianguido C ^a   McCoombe, Scott G ^a,b   Kelley, Z L ^a   Gioia, Casey J ^a   Fought, Angela J ^c   Rademaker, Alfred W ^c   Veazey, Ronald S ^d   Hope, Thomas J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTEIN BCL 2; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PENIS; PREPUCE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS LOAD; ANIMAL; CADAVER; CIRCUMCISION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; RHESUS MONKEY; TRANSMISSION;

GLANS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MACACA MULATTA;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FORESKIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PENIS;

EID: 84926474646     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004729     Document Type: Article

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