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Enhanced Trapping of HIV-1 by Human Cervicovaginal Mucus Is Associated with Lactobacillus crispatus-Dominant Microbiota

Cervicovaginal mucus (CVM) can provide a barrier that precludes HIV and other sexually transmitted virions from reaching target cells in the vaginal epithelium, thereby preventing or reducing infections. However, the barrier properties of CVM differ from woman to woman, and the causes of these varia...

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Autores principales: Nunn, Kenetta L., Wang, Ying-Ying, Harit, Dimple, Humphrys, Michael S., Ma, Bing, Cone, Richard, Ravel, Jacques, Lai, Samuel K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4611035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26443453
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01084-15