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HIV-1 Negative Female Sex Workers Sustain High Cervical IFNε, Low Immune Activation and Low Expressi...

HIV-1 Negative Female Sex Workers Sustain High Cervical IFNε, Low Immune Activation and Low Expressi...

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HIV-1 Negative Female Sex Workers Sustain High Cervical IFNε, Low Immune Activation and Low Expression of HIV-1 Required Host Genes

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HIV-1 Negative Female Sex Workers Sustain High Cervical IFNε, Low Immune Activation and Low Expression of HIV-1 Required Host Genes

Journal title

Mucosal immunology, 2016-07, Vol.9 (4), p.1027-1038

Language

English

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Contents

Sex workers within high HIV endemic areas are often a target population where anti-HIV prophylactic strategies are tested. We hypothesize that in women with high levels of genital exposure to semen changes in cervicovaginal mucosal and/or systemic immune activation will contribute to a decreased susceptibility to HIV-1 infection. To address this qu...

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HIV-1 Negative Female Sex Workers Sustain High Cervical IFNε, Low Immune Activation and Low Expression of HIV-1 Required Host Genes

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4864149

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4864149

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ISSN

1933-0219

E-ISSN

1935-3456

DOI

10.1038/mi.2015.116

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