ArticleAIDS research and human retroviruses2017
High Levels of Inflammatory Cytokines in the Reproductive Tract of Women with BV and Engaging in Intravaginal Douching: A Cross-Sectional Study of Participants in the Women Interagency HIV Study.
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- Understanding Women's Vaginal Douching Behaviors and Practices for Consideration in the Development of a Potential Future Vaginal Microbicide Douche for HIV Prevention: A Systematic Review of the Literature.AIDS and behavior · 2021Pooled it
- The association between vaginal microbiota and female infertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2020Pooled it
- Combined impact of recent sexual activity and vaginal product use on genital immune activation in South African women: implications for HIV risk.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Innate Immune Protection Against HIV in the Female Genital Tract.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2026Review
- Social, microbial, and immune factors linking bacterial vaginosis and infectious diseases.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025Review
- Using unsupervised machine learning to classify behavioral risk markers of bacterial vaginosis.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Article
- Patient characteristics and factors contributing to recurrence of bacterial vaginosis presented in primary care.Family practice · 2023Article
- Gynecological concerns and vaginal practices and exposures among transfeminine individuals who have undergone vaginoplasty.The journal of sexual medicine · 2023Article
- Distinct mucosal and systemic immunological characteristics in transgender women potentially relating to HIV acquisition.JCI insight · 2023Article
- Changes in Vaginal Bacteria and Inflammatory Mediators From Periconception Through the Early Postpartum Period in a Cohort of Kenyan Women Without HIV.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2023Article
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- Next generation sequencing to examine associations between vaginal washing and vaginal microbiota: A cohort study.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2023Article
- Development of the standard mouse model for human bacterial vaginosis induced byFrontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- The initial interplay between HIV and mucosal innate immunity.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
- Microbiota of female genital tract - functional overview of microbial flora from vagina to uterine tubes and placenta.Physiological research · 2022Review
- Role of the human vaginal microbiota in the regulation of inflammation and sexually transmitted infection acquisition: Contribution of the non-human primate model to a better understanding?Frontiers in reproductive health · 2022Review
- Women for science and science for women: Gaps, challenges and opportunities towards optimizing pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV-1 prevention.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- Douching or Perineal Talc Use and Prevalent Fibroids in Young African American Women.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2021Article
- Impact of vaginal douching products on vaginal Lactobacillus, Escherichia coli and epithelial immune responses.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- HIV Pathogenesis in the Human Female Reproductive Tract.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2021Review
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Abstract
High levels of inflammatory cytokines in the genital tract suggest mucosal vulnerability and increased risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) acquisition. Intravaginal douching is associated with bacterial vaginosis (BV) in women in the United States, and both douching and BV are linked to HIV and STI acquisition. This study evaluates inflammatory cytokines in the genital tract to increase understanding of the effects of both BV and intravaginal douching to the vaginal mucosa. A cross-sectional study of participants in the Miami WIHS investigated 72 reproductive age women (45 HIV
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