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Immune milieu and microbiome of the distal urethra in Ugandan men: impact of penile circumcision and implications for HIV susceptibility

BACKGROUND: Coronal sulcus (CS) anaerobe abundance and IL-8 levels are linked to HIV acquisition, and are dramatically reduced after penile circumcision (PC). The distal urethra may be the site of some HIV acquisition before PC, and presumably most acquisition post PC. We describe the immune milieu...

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Autores principales: Galiwango, Ronald M., Park, Daniel E., Huibner, Sanja, Onos, Abigail, Aziz, Maliha, Roach, Kelsey, Anok, Aggrey, Nnamutete, James, Isabirye, Yahaya, Wasswa, John Bosco, Male, Deo, Kigozi, Godfrey, Tobian, Aaron A. R., Prodger, Jessica L., Liu, Cindy M., Kaul, Rupert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8764836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35042542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-021-01185-9