A combined oral contraceptive affects mucosal SHIV susceptibility factors in a pigtail macaque model

BACKGROUND: Injectable hormonal contraception may increase women’s risk of HIV acquisition, and can affect biological risk factors in animal models of HIV. We established, for the first time, a model to investigate whether combined oral contraceptives (COC) alter SHIV susceptibility in macaques. MET...

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Published in:J Med Primatol
Main Authors: Ostergaard, Sharon Dietz, Butler, Katherine, Ritter, Jana M., Johnson, Ryan, Sanders, Jeanine, Powell, Nathaniel, Lathrop, George, Zaki, Sherif R., McNicholl, Janet M., Kersh, Ellen N.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4355188/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25536296
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jmp.12157
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