Association of HPV infection and clearance with cervicovaginal immunology and the vaginal microbiota

Female genital tract inflammation, HIV co-infection and persistent mucosal Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infections

(2016) Jean-Mari Kriek et al.   VIROLOGY

Chemokine Levels in the Penile Coronal Sulcus Correlate with HIV-1 Acquisition and Are Reduced by Male Circumcision in Rakai, Uganda

(2016) Jessica L. Prodger et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Genital Inflammation and the Risk of HIV Acquisition in Women

(2015) Lindi Masson et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Prevalent high-risk HPV infection and vaginal microbiota in Nigerian women

(2015) E. O. DARENG et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Cervicovaginal Bacteria Are a Major Modulator of Host Inflammatory Responses in the Female Genital Tract

(2015) Melis N. Anahtar et al.   IMMUNITY

Increased levels of inflammatory cytokines in the female reproductive tract are associated with altered expression of proteases, mucosal barrier proteins and an influx of HIV-susceptible target cells

(2015) Kelly B Arnold et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Cervicovaginal microbiome dysbiosis is associated with proteome changes related to alterations of the cervicovaginal mucosal barrier

(2015) H Borgdorff et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Identification of preferential CD4+ T-cell targets for HIV infection in the cervix

(2015) V R Joag et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Estimating per-act HIV transmission risk

(2014) Pragna Patel et al.   AIDS

Impact of Asymptomatic Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection on Mucosal Homing and Immune Cell Subsets in the Blood and Female Genital Tract

(2014) B. Shannon et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Interplay Between the Temporal Dynamics of the Vaginal Microbiota and Human Papillomavirus Detection

(2014) R. M. Brotman et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Activated CD4+CCR5+T cells in the rectum predict increased SIV acquisition in SIVGag/Tat-vaccinated rhesus macaques

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Defining genital tract cytokine signatures of sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis in women at high risk of HIV infection: a cross-sectional study

(2014) Lindi Masson et al.   SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS

An improved dual-indexing approach for multiplexed 16S rRNA gene sequencing on the Illumina MiSeq platform

(2014) Douglas W Fadrosh et al.   Microbiome

The epidemiology of sexually transmitted co-infections in HIV-positive and HIV-negative African-Caribbean women in Toronto

(2013) Robert S Remis et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Human Papillomavirus Clearance Among Males Is Associated With HIV Acquisition and Increased Dendritic Cell Density in the Foreskin

(2013) Aaron A. R. Tobian et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Impact of asymptomatic Herpes simplex virus-2 infection on T cell phenotype and function in the foreskin

(2012) Jessica L. Prodger et al.   AIDS

Human papillomavirus infection and increased risk of HIV acquisition. A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2012) Catherine F. Houlihan et al.   AIDS

BactQuant: An enhanced broad-coverage bacterial quantitative real-time PCR assay

(2012) Cindy M Liu et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

A distinct cytokine and chemokine profile at the genital mucosa is associated with HIV-1 protection among HIV-exposed seronegative commercial sex workers

(2012) J Lajoie et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Temporal Dynamics of the Human Vaginal Microbiota

(2012) P. Gajer et al.   Science Translational Medicine

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(2012) Lyle R. McKinnon et al.   Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

UCHIME improves sensitivity and speed of chimera detection

(2011) Robert C. Edgar et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

FLASH: fast length adjustment of short reads to improve genome assemblies

(2011) T. Magoc et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

An improved Greengenes taxonomy with explicit ranks for ecological and evolutionary analyses of bacteria and archaea

(2011) Daniel McDonald et al.   ISME Journal

Characterization of a Human Cervical CD4+ T Cell Subset Coexpressing Multiple Markers of HIV Susceptibility

(2011) L. R. McKinnon et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Association between toll-like receptor expression and human papillomavirus type 16 persistence

(2010) Ibrahim I. Daud et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER

Cell-Mediated Immune Responses to Human Papillomavirus 16 E6 and E7 Antigens as Measured by Interferon Gamma Enzyme-Linked Immunospot in Women With Cleared or Persistent Human Papillomavirus Infection

(2010) Sepideh Farhat et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER

Cervical Human Papillomavirus Prevalence in 5 Continents: Meta‐Analysis of 1 Million Women with Normal Cytological Findings

(2010) Laia Bruni et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Editorial: Genital epithelial cells: foot soldiers or fashion leaders?

(2010) R. Kaul et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

(2010) J Gregory Caporaso et al.   NATURE METHODS

Type-Specific Cervico-Vaginal Human Papillomavirus Infection Increases Risk of HIV Acquisition Independent of Other Sexually Transmitted Infections

(2010) Karen K. Smith-McCune et al.   PLoS One

Vaginal microbiome of reproductive-age women

(2010) J. Ravel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Performance of Commercial Herpes Simplex Virus Type-2 Antibody Tests Using Serum Samples From Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

(2010) Samuel Biraro et al.   SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

Bacterial vaginosis and HIV acquisition: a meta-analysis of published studies

(2009) Julius Atashili et al.   AIDS

Genital levels of soluble immune factors with anti-HIV activity may correlate with increased HIV susceptibility

(2008) Rupert Kaul et al.   AIDS

The genital tract immune milieu: an important determinant of HIV susceptibility and secondary transmission

(2007) R. Kaul et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY