Transient Peripheral Immune Activation follows Elective Sigmoidoscopy or Circumcision in a Cohort Study of MSM at Risk of HIV Infection.

Rectal and genital sampling in HIV prevention trials permits assessments at the site of HIV entry. Yet the safety and acceptability of circumcision and sigmoidoscopy (and associated abstinence recommendations) are unknown in uncircumcised men who have sex with men (MSM) at high risk of HIV infection...

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Main Authors: Javier R Lama, Shelly T Karuna, Shannon P Grant, Edith M Swann, Carmela Ganoza, Patricia Segura, Silvia M Montano, Martin Lacherre, Stephen C De Rosa, Susan Buchbinder, Jorge Sanchez, M Juliana McElrath, Maria P Lemos, HVTN 914 Study Team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4990246?pdf=render