Mycoplasma genitalium is associated with increased genital HIV type 1 RNA in zimbabwean women

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 211, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1388-1398

  Napierala Mavedzenge, Sue ^a   Müller, Etienne E ^b   Lewis, David A ^b,c,d   Chipato, Tsungai ^e   Morrison, Charles S ^f   Weiss, Helen A ^g  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b National Institute for Communicable Diseases   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^f FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genital HIV 1 RNA; HIV; Mycoplasma genitalium; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; ZIMBABWEAN; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; HIV INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; VIROLOGY; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84928923348     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu644     Document Type: Article

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