Defining characteristics of genital health in South African adolescent girls and young women at high risk for HIV infection

The genital tract of African women has been shown to differ from what is currently accepted as ‘normal’, defined by a pH≤4.5 and lactobacilli-dominated microbiota. Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) from sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk for HIV, and we hypothesized that specific biological f...

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Autores principales: Dabee, Smritee, Barnabas, Shaun L., Lennard, Katie S., Jaumdally, Shameem Z., Gamieldien, Hoyam, Balle, Christina, Happel, Anna-Ursula, Murugan, Brandon D., Williamson, Anna-Lise, Mkhize, Nonhlanhla, Dietrich, Janan, Lewis, David A., Chiodi, Francesca, Hope, Thomas J., Shattock, Robin, Gray, Glenda, Bekker, Linda-Gail, Jaspan, Heather B., Passmore, Jo-Ann S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6448899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30947260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213975

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6448899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30947260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213975

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