Immune parameters of HIV susceptibility in the female genital tract before and after penile-vaginal sex.

Avid MohammadiSareh BagherichimehYoojin ChoiAzadeh FazelElizabeth TevlinSanja HuibnerSara V GoodWangari TharaoRupert Kaul

Published in: Communications medicine (2022)

Penile-vaginal sex induces multiple genital immune changes that may enhance HIV susceptibility during the 72 h post-sex window that is critical for virus acquisition. This has important implications for the mucosal immunopathogenesis of HIV transmission.

Keyphrases

antiretroviral therapy
hiv positive
hiv infected
hiv testing
human immunodeficiency virus
hepatitis c virus
hiv aids
men who have sex with men
south africa
prostate cancer
radical prostatectomy