The cervicovaginal mucus barrier to HIV-1 is diminished in bacterial vaginosis.

The cervicovaginal mucus barrier to HIV-1 is diminished in bacterial vaginosis.

Bacterial vaginosis (BV), a condition in which the vaginal microbiota consists of community of obligate and facultative anaerobes rather than dominated by a single species of Lactobacillus, affects ~30% of women in the US. Women with BV are at 60% increased risk for HIV acquisition and are 3-times m...

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Main Authors: Thuy Hoang, Emily Toler, Kevin DeLong, Nomfuneko A Mafunda, Seth M Bloom, Hannah C Zierden, Thomas R Moench, Jenell S Coleman, Justin Hanes, Douglas S Kwon, Samuel K Lai, Richard A Cone, Laura M Ensign
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008236

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008236

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