| Literature DB >> 27694480 |
Philippe Selhorst1, Lindi Masson1,2, Sherazaan D Ismail1, Natasha Samsunder2, Nigel Garrett2, Leila E Mansoor2, Quarraisha Abdool Karim2,3, Salim S Abdool Karim2,3, Jo-Ann S Passmore1,2,4, Carolyn Williamson1,4.
Abstract
We evaluated whether genital inflammation affects the selection of the transmitted virus. Among South African women, we found that preinfection genital inflammation facilitates transmission of less infectious human immunodeficiency virus, but highly infectious viruses are able to establish infection regardless of inflammation status. This suggests that viral phenotype can influence transmission risk.Entities:
Keywords: HIV acquisition; cytokine; female genital tract; inflammation; viral infectivity
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27694480 PMCID: PMC5159604 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw663
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079