Association of endogenous progesterone levels in young women using hormonal contraception with recent HIV-1 infection

• Main Authors: Resha Boodhram (Author), Dhayendre Moodley (Author), Nathlee Abbai (Author), Gita Ramjee (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background A high endogenous progesterone luteal state in the menstrual cycle has been independently associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) incidence in epidemiological studies. Hormonal contraception particularly high dose Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (DMPA) is also though...