HIV Acquisition Is Associated with Increased Antimicrobial Peptides and Reduced HIV Neutralizing IgA in the Foreskin Prepuce of Uncircumcised Men

PLoS Pathogens

Xiangrong Kong¹  Fred Nalugoda¹  Jennifer L. Gommerman²  Aaron A. Tobian²  Kristina Broliden²  Rupert Kaul²  Kamnoosh Shahabi³  Ronald H. Gray³  Taha Hirbod³  Godgrey Kigozi⁴  Maria J. Wawer⁴  Anthony Ndyanabo⁴  David Serwadda⁴  Olga L. Rojas⁴  Jessica L. Prodger⁵ 

[1] Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America;Departments of Medicine and Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;Rakai Health Sciences Program, Kalisizo, Uganda;School of Public Health, College of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

关键词: HIV;    Secretion;    Circumcision for HIV prevention;    Enzyme-linked immunoassays;    HIV epidemiology;    Circumcision;    HIV infections;    HIV prevention;   

DOI  :  10.1371/journal.ppat.1004416

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Public Library of Science

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