Performance of swabs, lavage, and diluents to quantify biomarkers of female genital tract soluble mucosal mediators.

Performance of swabs, lavage, and diluents to quantify biomarkers of female genital tract soluble mucosal mediators.

Measurement of immune mediators and antimicrobial activity in female genital tract secretions may provide biomarkers predictive of risk for HIV-1 acquisition and surrogate markers of microbicide safety. However, optimal methods for sample collection do not exist. This study compared collection metho...

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Main Authors: Charlene S Dezzutti, Craig W Hendrix, Jeanne M Marrazzo, Zhenyu Pan, Lei Wang, Nicolette Louissaint, Sabah Kalyoussef, N Merna Torres, Florian Hladik, Urvi Parikh, John Mellors, Sharon L Hillier, Betsy C Herold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3155537?pdf=render

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