Enhanced Trapping of HIV-1 by Human Cervicovaginal Mucus Is Associated with Lactobacillus crispatus-Dominant Microbiota

Cervicovaginal mucus (CVM) can provide a barrier that precludes HIV and other sexually transmitted virions from reaching target cells in the vaginal epithelium, thereby preventing or reducing infections. However, the barrier properties of CVM differ from woman to woman, and the causes of these varia...

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Main Authors: Nunn, Kenetta L., Wang, Ying-Ying, Harit, Dimple, Humphrys, Michael S., Ma, Bing, Cone, Richard, Ravel, Jacques, Lai, Samuel K.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Society of Microbiology 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4611035/

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