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Gynecological Disorders: General
       
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
   

Decreased ovarian reserve in HIV-infected women.
Santulli P, de Villardi D, Gayet V
AIDS. 2016 Apr 24;30(7):1083-8.
Abstract

Decreased ovarian reserve in human immunodeficiency virus infected women: A matched cohort study.
Santulli P, de Villardi D, Gayet V, et al
AIDS. 2016 Jan 16.
 Abstract

Exploring genitoanal injury and HIV risk among women: Menstrual phase, hormonal birth control, and injury frequency and prevalence.
Brawner BM, Sommers MS, Moore K,  et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Aug 22.
Abstract

Levels of Genital Tract Defensins and Cytokines Differ between HIV-Uninfected US and African Women.
Murphy K, Richardson BA, Dezzutti CS, et al  
Am J Reprod Immunol. 2015 Jun 21
 Abstract

Genital inflammation and the risk of HIV acquisition in women.
Masson L, Passmore JA, Liebenberg LJ,  et al
 Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 21
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Anatomic and Hormonal Changes in the Female Reproductive Tract Immune Environment during the Life Cycle: Implications for HIV/STI Prevention Research.
Venkatesh KK, Cu-Uvin S.
Am J Reprod Immunol. 2014 Jun;71(6):495-504.
Abstract

Phenotype and susceptibility to HIV infection of CD4+ Th17 cells in the human female reproductive tract.
Rodriguez-Garcia M, Barr FD, et al
Mucosal Immunol. 2014 Apr 23.
Abstract

Influence of Common Mucosal Co-Factors on HIV Infection in the Female Genital Tract.
Ferreira VH, Kafka JK, Kaushic C.
Am J Reprod Immunol. 2014 Mar 12.
 Abstract

Plasma and Mucosal HIV Viral Loads Are Associated with Genital Tract Inflammation In HIV-Infected Women.
 Herold BC, Keller MJ, Shi Q,  et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Apr 15
 Abstract

The Female Reproductive Tract and HIV: Biological, Social and Epidemiological Aspects.
Mor G.
 Am J Reprod Immunol. 2013 Feb;69 Suppl 1:1.
Abstract

Genital immunology and HIV susceptibility in young women.
Yi TJ, Shannon B, Prodger J
 Am J Reprod Immunol. 2012 Nov 12
 Abstract

HIV-1 RNA shedding in the female genital tract is associated with reduced quantity of Lactobacilli in clinically asymptomatic HIV-positive women.
Mane A, Kulkarni S, Ghate M, et al
 Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012 Nov 8.
 Abstract

Understanding factors that modulate HIV infection at the female genital tract mucosae for the rationale design of microbicides.
Saidi H, Jenabian MA, Belec L.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2012 Aug 6
 Abstract

Genital Tract Viral Load in HIV-1 Positive Women Correlates with Specific Cytokine Levels in Cervical-Vaginal Secretions |
but is not a Determinant of Infectious Virus or Anti-HIV activity.
Mukura LR, Ghosh M, Fahey JV,  et al
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2012 Feb 22
 Abstract

Genital Tract Inflammation During Early HIV-1 Infection Predicts Higher Plasma Viral Load Set Point in Women.
Roberts L, Passmore JA, Mlisana K,  et al
 J Infect Dis. 2012 Jan;205(2):194-203.
 Abstract

Genital ulceration does not increase HIV-1 shedding in cervical or vaginal secretions of women
taking antiretroviral therapy.
Graham SM, Masese L, Gitau R,  et al
Sex Transm Infect. 2010 Oct 27
 Abstract

Persistence of genital tract T cell responses in HIV-infected women on highly active
anti-retroviral therapy (HAART).
Mkhize NN, Gumbi PP, Liebenberg LJ, et al
 J  Virol. 2010 Aug 4
 Abstract

Atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude high grade squamous intraepithelial (ASC-H) in
HIV-positive women.
Michelow P, Hartman I, Schulze D, et al
Cytojournal. 2010 Jun 12;7:8
 Abstract
 
Menstrual Disorders
       
    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  HIV-1 genital shedding is suppressed in the setting of high genital antiretroviral drug concentrations throughout the menstrual cycle.
Sheth AN, Evans-Strickfaden T, Haaland R, et al
J Infect Dis. 2014 Mar 18.
Abstract

Effect of HIV-1 infection and increasing immunosuppression on menstrual function.
Ezechi OC, Jogo A, Gab-Okafor C, et al ||
J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2010 Oct;36(5):1053-8.
 Abstract
Genital Ulcers
       
    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries|
 
  Increased Risk of Genital Ulcer Disease in Women During the First Month After Initiating Antiretroviral
Therapy.
Graham SM, Masese L, Gitau R, et al 
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Jul 30.
 Abstract
Genital Tract CMV Infection
       
    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  HIV Type 1 and Cytomegalovirus Coinfection in the Female Genital Tract.
Lurain NS, Robert ES, Xu J, et al   
J Infect Dis. 2004 Aug 1;190(3):619-23.
 Abstract
Genital Tract Shedding
       

    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Systemic Immune Activation and HIV Shedding in the Female Genital Tract.
Spencer LY, Christiansen S, Wang CH, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Aug 22.
 Abstract

HIV-1 shedding from the female genital tract is associated with increased Th1 cytokines/chemokines that maintain tissue homeostasis and proportions of CD8+FOXP3+ T cells.
Bull ME, Legard J, Tapia K,  et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014 Sep 8
 Abstract

Impact of loop electrosurgical excision procedure for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia on HIV-1 genital shedding: a prospective cohort study
 Huchko M, Woo V, Liegler T, et al.
BJOG. 2013 May 7
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Effect of the levonorgestrel intrauterine device on genital HIV-1 RNA shedding among HIV-1-infected women not taking antiretroviral therapy in Nairobi, Kenya.
Coleman JS, Mwachari C, Balkus J,  et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Feb 26
 Abstract

Cyclic changes in HIV shedding from the female genital tract during the menstrual cycle.
Curlin ME, Leelawiwat W, Dunne EF,  et al
J Infect Dis. 2013 Feb 15.
 Abstract

Female genital tract shedding of CXCR4-tropic HIV-1 is associated with a majority population
of CXCR4-tropic HIV-1 in blood and declining CD4+ cell counts.
Haaland R, Sullivan S, Evans-Strickfaden T,  et al
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2012 Feb 28
 Abstract

Antiretroviral Treatment Interruptions Predict Female Genital Shedding of Genotypically Resistant HIV-1 RNA.
Graham SM, Jalalian-Lechak Z, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 May 15
 Abstract

Antiretroviral Adherence and Development of Drug Resistance Are the Strongest Predictors of
Genital HIV1 Shedding among Women Initiating Treatment.
Graham SX, Masese L, Gitau R, et al
J Infect Dis. 2010 Oct 5
 Abstract
 
Genital Warts
     

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Genital Warts and Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia: Natural History and Effects of Treatment and
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection.
Massad LS, Xie X, Darragh T, et al 
Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Oct;118(4):831-839.
 Abstract
Fallopian Tubes Disorders
       
    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Endometrial Histopathology in Patients with Laparoscopic Proven Salpingitis and HIV-1 Infection.
Mugo NR, Kiehlbauch J, Kiviat N, et al
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2011;2011:407057
 Paper
Vulvar Disorders
         
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Zoon Vulvitis as a Differential Diagnosis in an HIV-Infected Patient: A Short Report.
Reis HL, Merçon de Vargas PR,  et al
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic). 2013 Feb 28.
 Abstract

Genital Warts and Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia: Natural History and Effects of Treatment and
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection.
Massad LS, Xie X, Darragh T, et al 
Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Oct;118(4):831-839.
 Abstract

Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia mimicking vulvar cancer in a patient with AIDS.
Frimer M, Chudnoff S, Hebert T, Shahabi S.
J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2011 Jan;15(1):66-8.
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Uterine Disorders
         
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Surgical Site Infections after Hysterectomy among HIV-infected Women in the HAART Era: a single institution's experience from 1999 - 2012.
 Coleman JS, Green I, Scheib S,  et al
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Aug 30.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Endometrial Histopathology in Patients with Laparoscopic Proven Salpingitis and HIV-1 Infection.
Mugo NR, Kiehlbauch J, Kiviat N, et al
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2011;2011:407057
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