Bacterial vaginosis, alterations in vaginal flora and HIV genital shedding among HIV-1-infected women in Mozambique

• Main Authors: Robert D Kirkcaldy (Author), Jennifer Mika (Author), Lori M Newman (Author), Judite Langa (Author), Linhui Tian (Author), Ilesh Jani (Author), Ron Ballard (Author), Lisa Nelson (Author), Elena Folgosa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2011-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives. We investigated whether abnormal vaginal flora, including bacterial vaginosis (BV), are associated with detection of cervical HIV-1 RNA among HIV-infected women in Mozambique. Methods. We obtained clinical data and vaginal specimens from HIV-infected women registering for their first vis...