Altered Biomarkers of Mucosal Immunity and Reduced Vaginal Lactobacillus Concentrations in Sexually Active Female Adolescents

BACKGROUND: Genital secretions collected from adult women exhibit in vitro activity against herpes simplex virus (HSV) and Escherichia coli (E. coli), but prior studies have not investigated this endogenous antimicrobial activity or its mediators in adolescent females. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS...

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Hauptverfasser: Madan, Rebecca Pellett, Carpenter, Colleen, Fiedler, Tina, Kalyoussef, Sabah, McAndrew, Thomas C., Viswanathan, Shankar, Kim, Mimi, Keller, Marla J., Fredricks, David N., Herold, Betsy C.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science 2012
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3393710/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22808157
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040415
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