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What's Sex Got to Do With It? Understanding Potential Confounding and Exposure Misclassification in Mechanistic Sexually Transmitted Infection Research.

Authors :
Deese J
Wang M
Lapple D
Nelson JAE
Kuerten B
Steiner MJ
Chen PL
Hobbs MM
Source :
The Journal of infectious diseases [J Infect Dis] 2021 Jul 02; Vol. 224 (1), pp. 137-140.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

We conducted a prospective study of 13 heterosexual couples to understand the impact of recent condomless vaginal sex on vaginal immune marker measurement and potential exposure misclassification due to the presence of semen. All immune markers were detectable in semen and concentrations of vaginal immune markers varied by sex recency.<br /> (© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1537-6613
Volume :
224
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
The Journal of infectious diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
33179029
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa705