Intravaginal practices, bacterial vaginosis, and HIV infection in women: individual participant data meta-analysis

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2011

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14989
 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000416
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Authors
Low, Nicola
Chersich, Matthew F
Schmidlin, Kurt
Egger, Matthias
Francis, Suzanna C
Van de Wijgert, Janneke H H M
Hayes, Richard J
Baeten, Jared M
Brown, Joelle
Delany-Moretlwe, Sinead
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PLOS Medicince

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http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine
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Public Library of Science

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University of Cape Town

Department
Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine
Faculty
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Abstract
Pooling of data from 14,874 women in an individual participant data meta-analysis by Nicola Low and colleagues reveals that some intravaginal practices increase the risk of HIV acquisition.
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Keywords
Plants
HIV
HIV infections
Vagina
Soaps
Meta-analysis
AIDS
Bacterial vaginosis

Reference:

Low, N., Chersich, M. F., Schmidlin, K., Egger, M., Francis, S. C., Van de Wijgert, J. H., ... & Hilber, A. M. (2011). Intravaginal practices, bacterial vaginosis, and HIV infection in women: individual participant data meta-analysis. PLoS Med, 8(2), e1000416. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000416

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