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Immunomodulatory factors in cervicovaginal secretions from pregnant and non-pregnant women: A cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Pregnant women are at an increased risk for HIV infection due to unknown biological causes. Given the strong effect of sex-hormones on the expression of immunomuodulatory factors, the central role of mucosal immunity in HIV pathogenesis and the lack of previous studies, we here tested fo...

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Autores principales: Walter, Jan, Fraga, Linda, Orin, Melanie J, Decker, William D, Gipps, Theresa, Stek, Alice, Aldrovandi, Grace M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3190379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21961998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-263