Certain species of vaginal bacteria can increase a woman's susceptibility to HIV
Particular micro organism residing within the human vagina could play a beforehand unrecognized function within the sexual transmission of HIV. Ragon Institute researchers, working with younger, wholesome, South African ladies, discovered that people with vaginas dominated by pro-inflammatory bacterial species have been at a Four-fold increased threat of buying HIV than these with "wholesome" vaginal micro organism. In the meantime, viruses within the feminine genital tract confirmed no correlation with HIV threat. The research seems January 10 within the journal Immunity . Contributors with high-risk bacterial communities, that are generally discovered within the inhabitants of ladies studied, additionally had elevated numbers of genital CD4+ T cells -- white blood cells which can be HIV's main goal. Moreover, the researchers noticed that the intravaginal introduction of pro-inflammatory species of micro organism discovered within the volunteers ma...