作者: Sharon Dietz Ostergaard , Katherine Butler , Jana M. Ritter , Ryan Johnson , Jeanine Sanders
DOI: 10.1111/JMP.12157
关键词: Biological risk factors 、 Hormonal contraception 、 Immunology 、 Biology 、 Vagina 、 Macaca nemestrina 、 Pigtail macaque 、 Simian immunodeficiency virus 、 Levonorgestrel 、 Menstrual cycle
摘要: Background Injectable hormonal contraception may increase women’s risk of HIV acquisition, and can affect biological factors in animal models HIV. We established, for the first time, a model to investigate whether combined oral contraceptives (COC) alter SHIV susceptibility macaques.