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Penile Anaerobic Dysbiosis as a Risk Factor for HIV Infection

Sexual transmission of HIV requires exposure to the virus and infection of activated mucosal immune cells, specifically CD4(+) T cells or dendritic cells. The foreskin is a major site of viral entry in heterosexual transmission of HIV. Although the probability of acquiring HIV from a sexual encounte...

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Autores principales: Liu, Cindy M., Prodger, Jessica L., Tobian, Aaron A. R., Abraham, Alison G., Kigozi, Godfrey, Hungate, Bruce A., Aziz, Maliha, Nalugoda, Fred, Sariya, Sanjeev, Serwadda, David, Kaul, Rupert, Gray, Ronald H., Price, Lance B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5527312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28743816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00996-17