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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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
Low, N., Chersich, M. F., Schmidlin, K., Egger, M., Francis, S. C., Van de Wijgert, J. H. H. M., ... Delany-Moretlwe, S. (2011). Intravaginal practices, bacterial vaginosis, and HIV infection in women: individual participant data meta-analysis. PLOS Medicince, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14989
Low, Nicola, Matthew F Chersich, Kurt Schmidlin, Matthias Egger, Suzanna C Francis, Janneke H H M Van de Wijgert, Richard J Hayes, Jared M Baeten, Joelle Brown, and Sinead Delany-Moretlwe "Intravaginal practices, bacterial vaginosis, and HIV infection in women: individual participant data meta-analysis." PLOS Medicince (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14989
Low N, Chersich MF, Schmidlin K, Egger M, Francis SC, Van de Wijgert JHHM, et al. Intravaginal practices, bacterial vaginosis, and HIV infection in women: individual participant data meta-analysis. PLOS Medicince. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14989.
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