Microbial function and genital inflammation in young South African women at high risk of HIV infection
A. Alisoltani, M. T. Manhanzva, M. G. Potgieter, C. Balle, L. Bell, E. Ross, A. Iranzadeh, M. du Plessis, N. Radzey, Z. McDonald, B. Calder, I. Allali, N. Mulder, S. Dabee, S. Barnabas, , L. Masson
This study uses metaproteomics to link microbial function and inflammation in the female genital tract of South African women at high HIV risk, finding that reduced cell wall organization and peptidoglycan biosynthesis are associated with high inflammation.
Microbiome · Nov 21, 2020Peer-reviewedMicrobiology