Defining characteristics of genital health in South African adolescent girls and young women at high risk for HIV infection

The genital tract of African women has been shown to differ from what is currently accepted as ‘normal’, defined by a pH≤4.5 and lactobacilli-dominated microbiota. Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) from sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk for HIV, and we hypothesized that specific biological f...

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Main Authors: Dabee, Smritee, Barnabas, Shaun L., Lennard, Katie S., Jaumdally, Shameem Z., Gamieldien, Hoyam, Balle, Christina, Happel, Anna-Ursula, Murugan, Brandon D., Williamson, Anna-Lise, Mkhize, Nonhlanhla, Dietrich, Janan, Lewis, David A., Chiodi, Francesca, Hope, Thomas J., Shattock, Robin, Gray, Glenda, Bekker, Linda-Gail, Jaspan, Heather B., Passmore, Jo-Ann S.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6448899/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30947260
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213975
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