[Comment] Vaginal microbes, inflammation, and HIV risk in African women

Women from sub-Saharan Africa have a disproportionately higher risk of becoming infected with HIV than their male counterparts. Having bacterial vaginosis, a heterogeneous vaginal microbial dysbiosis, increases a woman's risk of acquiring HIV infection1 and the risk of transmitting the virus to their partners2 or their children during childbirth.3 Although bacterial vaginosis is highly prevalent and recurrent in reproductive-aged women worldwide, the composition of organisms that constitute this condition might differ regionally and ethnically.

Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - January 25, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jo-Ann S Passmore, Heather B Jaspan Tags: Comment Source Type: research