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Identification of Differentially Expressed Proteins in the Cervical Mucosa of HIV-1-Resistant Sex Workers
16 Aug 2008
Abstract excerpt
Novel tools are necessary to understand mechanisms of altered susceptibility to HIV-1 infection in women of the Pumwani Sex Worker cohort, Kenya. In this cohort, more than 140 of the 2000 participants have been characterized to be relatively resistant to HIV-1 infection. Given that sexual transmission of HIV-1 occurs through mucosal surfaces such as that in the cervicovaginal environment, our hypothesis is that...
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