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Gynecological Disorders: General
       
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
   

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
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Immediate Postvoid Residual Volumes in Women With Symptoms of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction.
 Haylen BT, Lee J, Logan V, et al  
Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Jun;111(6):1305-1312.
 Abstract
 
Hysterosalpingographic Tubal Abnormalities and HIV Infection among Black Women with Tubal
Infertility in Sub-Saharan Africa.
 Adesiyun AG, Ameh CA, Eka A.
Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2008 Apr 29;66(2):119-122
Abstract
 
Effect of Genital Ulcer Disease on HIV-1 Coreceptor Expression in the Female Genital Tract.
 Sheffield JS, Wendel GD Jr, McIntire DD, Norgard MV.
 J Infect Dis. 2007 Nov 15;196(10):1509-1516.
Abstract
 
Utility of Amsel Criteria, Nugent Score, and Quantitative PCR for Gardnerella vaginalis,
Mycoplasma hominis, and Lactobacillus spp. for Diagnosis of Bacterial Vaginosis in
Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Women.
Sha BE, Chen HY, Wang QJ
J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Sep;43(9):4607-12.
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Outcome After Negative Colposcopy Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Women
With Borderline Cytologic Abnormalities.
 Massad LS, Evans CT, Strickler HD, et al   
Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Sep;106(3):525-532.
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Female Genital-Tract HIV Load Correlates Inversely with Lactobacillus Species but Positively
with Bacterial Vaginosis and Mycoplasma hominis.
Sha BE, Zariffard MR, Wang QJ, et al
J Infect Dis. 2005 Jan 1;191(1):25-32.
 Abstract
 
Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies of HIV-1 RNA and DNA loads in blood and the
female genital tract.
Iversen AK, Attermann J, Gerstoft J, et al
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2004 Dec 1;117(2):227-35.
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Anogenital neoplasia in AIDS.
Einstein MH, Kadish AS.
Curr Opin Oncol. 2004 Sep;16(5):455-62.
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FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Detection of infectious human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in female genital secretions by a s
hort-term culture method.
Cummins JE Jr, Villanueva JM, Evans-Strickfaden T, et al
 J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Sep;41(9):4081-8
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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

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Effects of HIV Infection and Its Treatment on Self-Reported Menstrual Abnormalities in Women.
Massad LS, Evans CT, Minkoff H, er al | 
Womens Health (Larchmt). 2006 Jun;15(5):591-8
 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
 
FULLTEXT ARTICLE
Idiopathic genital ulcers in women infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
Anderson J, Clark RA, Watts DH, et al
 J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1996 Dec 1;13(4):343-7.
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     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  POWERPOINT POSTER PRESENTATION
 Improvement in healing and reduction on HIV shedding following addition of episodic Acyclovir therapy
to the syndromic management of genital ulceration; A randomized controlled trial
 S Hawkes
(XVII International AIDS Conference)
 Poster Presentation
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

 
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
 Abstract

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

Vitamin A supplementation and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 shedding in
women: results of a randomized clinical trial.
Baeten JM, McClelland RS, Overbaugh J, et al
J Infect Dis 2002 Apr 15;185(8):1187-91
 Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection of human uterine epithelial cells:
viral shedding and cell contact-mediated infectivity.
Asin SN, Wildt-Perinic D, Mason SI, et al
J Infect Dis. 2003 May 15;187(10):1522-33.
 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

Effect of antiretroviral therapy on the incidence of genital warts and vulvar neoplasia
among women with the human immunodeficiency virus.
Massad LS, Silverberg MJ, Springer G,  et al
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004 May;190(5):1241-8.
 Abstract

Risk factors associated with genital warts in HIV-positive Brazilian women.
Goncalves MA, Burattini MN, Donadi EA, Massad E.
Tumori 2003 Jan-Feb;89(1):9-15
 Abstract

HIV-1 infection and risk of vulvovaginal and perianal condylomata
acuminata and intraepithelial neoplasia: a prospective cohort study.
Conley LJ, Ellerbrock TV, Bush TJ, et al
Lancet 2002 Jan 12;359(9301):108-13
 Abstract
 
Genital ulcers in women.
Bruisten SM.
Curr Womens Health Rep. 2003 Aug;3(4):288-98.
Abstract
 
 
  Cervico-vaginal dysplasia-papillomavirus-induced and HIV-1 infection: role of
correlated markers for prognostic evaluation.
Pugliese A, Andronico L, Gennero L, et al.
 Cell Biochem Funct 2002 Sep;20(3):233-6
 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
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Effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Infection on Treatment Outcome of Acute Salpingitis.
Mugo NR, Kiehlbauch JA, Nguti R, et al
Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Apr;107(4):807-812
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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.
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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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An unusual vulval lesion in an HIV-infected woman.
Boothby M, Radcliffe K 
Int J STD AIDS. 2007 Mar;18(3):218-9.
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Vulvar, Vaginal, and Perianal Intraepithelial Neoplasia in Women With or at Risk for Human
Immunodeficiency Virus.
Jamieson DJ, Paramsothy P, Cu-Uvin S, Duerr A. 
Obstet Gynecol. 2006 May;107(5):1023-1028.
Abstract
 
Chronic vulval ulceration - another immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome?
Reddy V, Luzzi GA.
 Int J STD AIDS. 2005 Jun;16(6):454-5.
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Effect of antiretroviral therapy on the incidence of genital warts and vulvar neoplasia among
women with the human immunodeficiency virus.
Massad LS, Silverberg MJ, Springer G,  et al
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004 May;190(5):1241-8.
Abstract
 
 
Vulvar neoplasia in HIV positive women: a review.
Casolati E, Agarossi A, Valieri M, Ferrazzi E.
Med Wieku Rozwoj. 2003 Oct-Dec;7(4 Pt 1):487-93.
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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
 Paper

Outcomes of hysterectomy in HIV-seropositive women compared to seronegative women.
 Franz J, Jamieson DJ, Randall H, Spann C.
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Sep;13(3):167-9.
 Abstract
 
Long-term progression-free survival of invasive uterine cervical carcinoma infected with human
immunodeficiency virus: a case report.
Niibe Y, Karasawa K, Mizutani K. 
Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2005 May-Jun;15(3):558-60
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