Open AccessIncreased levels of immune activation in the genital tract of healthy young women from sub-Saharan Africa
Author(s) -
Craig R. Cohen,
Anna Barbara Moscicki,
Mark E. Scott,
Yifei Ma,
Stephen Shiboski,
Elizabeth A. Bukusi,
Ibrahim I. Daud,
Anu Rebbapragada,
Joelle Brown,
Rupert Kaul
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0b013e32833c323b
Subject(s) - immune system , medicine , immunology
To determine whether healthy, young women in sub-Saharan Africa have a more activated immune milieu in the genital tract (i.e. activated CD4 T cells) than a similar population in the United States.