HIV acquisition is associated with increased antimicrobial peptides and reduced HIV neutralizing IgA in the foreskin prepuce of uncircumcised men.

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Published in PLoS Pathog on October 02, 2014

Authors

Taha Hirbod1, Xiangrong Kong2, Godgrey Kigozi3, Anthony Ndyanabo3, David Serwadda4, Jessica L Prodger5, Aaron A Tobian2, Fred Nalugoda3, Maria J Wawer6, Kamnoosh Shahabi5, Olga L Rojas5, Jennifer L Gommerman5, Kristina Broliden1, Rupert Kaul5, Ronald H Gray6

Author Affiliations

1: Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
2: Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
3: Rakai Health Sciences Program, Kalisizo, Uganda.
4: Rakai Health Sciences Program, Kalisizo, Uganda; School of Public Health, College of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
5: Departments of Medicine and Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
6: Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Rakai Health Sciences Program, Kalisizo, Uganda.

Associated clinical trials:

Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in Rakai, Uganda | NCT00425984

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