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Evolution of an HIV glycan–dependent broadly neutralizing antibody epitope through immune escape.
(Nature Publishing Group., 2012-11)
Neutralizing antibodies are likely to play a crucial part in a preventative HIV-1 vaccine. Although efforts to elicit broadly cross-neutralizing (BCN) antibodies by vaccination have been unsuccessful, a minority of individuals ...
Innate immune activation enhances HIV acquisition in women, diminishing the effectiveness of tenofovir microbicide gel.
(Oxford University Press., 2012-09-01)
The antiretroviral agent, tenofovir, formulated as a vaginal microbicide gel, reduces human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) acquisition by 39% in women. This study assessed the role of preexisting immune activation
in ...
Topical microbicides - What's new?
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins., 2013-07-01)
Topical microbicides are an important, promising but complex HIV prevention technology under development. After 11 disappointing effectiveness trial outcomes of 6 candidate products (some tested as multiple doses and ...
HIV-associated tuberculosis.
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation., 2011)
The intersecting HIV and Tuberculosis epidemics in countries with a high disease burden of both infections pose many challenges and opportunities. For patients infected with HIV in high TB burden countries, the diagnosis ...
Case 15-2011: A 19-year-old South African woman with headache, fatigue, and vaginal discharge.
(Massachusetts Medical Society., 2011-05-19)
No abstract available.
Natural killer cell function in women at high risk for HIV acquisition: insights from a microbicide trial.
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins., 2012-09-10)
Objective: To assess the role of natural killer (NK) cells in HIV acquisition. Design: We conducted a nested case–control substudy to the Center for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA004) tenofovir gel ...
Time for gender mainstreaming in editorial policies.
(International AIDS Society., 2011)
The HIV epidemic has been continuously growing among women, and in some parts of the world, HIV-infected women outnumber men. Women’s greater vulnerability to HIV, both biologically and socially, influences their health ...
Recruitment of high risk women for HIV prevention trials: baseline HIV prevalence and sexual behavior in the CAPRISA 004 tenofovir gel trial.
(Biomed Central, 2011-03-07)
Background: Young women in sub-Saharan Africa bear a disproportionate burden of HIV infection compared to
men but have limited options to reduce their HIV risk. Microbicides could fill an important HIV prevention gap ...
Gender-sensitive reporting in medical research.
(BioMed Central., 2012-03)
Sex and gender differences influence the health and wellbeing of men and women. Although studies have drawn
attention to observed differences between women and men across diseases, remarkably little research has ...
HIV and maternal mortality: turning the tide.
(Elsevier., 2010-06-05)
No abstract available.