Acute sexually transmitted infections increase human immunodeficiency virus type 1 plasma viremia, increase plasma type 2 cytokines, and decrease CD4 cell counts
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2000Author
Anzala, AO
Simonsen, JN
Kimani J.
Ball TB.
Nagelkerke, NJ
Rutherford J
Ngugi, Elizabeth N
Bwayo, JJ
Plummer, FA
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In Kenya, the median incubation time to AIDS in seroconverting sex workers is 4 years;
this incubation time is specific to female sex workers.We studied the influence of acute sexually transmitted infections (STIs) on several immunologic parameters in 32 human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)–positive and 10 HIV-1–negative women sex workers who were followed for 1–5 months. Plasma cytokines, soluble cytokine receptors, CD4 and CD8 T cell counts, and HIV-1 plasma viremia were quantitated before, during, and after episodes of STI. Increases in interleukin (IL)–4, IL-6, IL-10, soluble tumor necrosis factor (TNF)–a, and viremia and a decline in CD4+ T cell counts occurred during gonococcal cervicitis and returned to baseline after treatment. Increases in viremia correlated with increased IL-4 and decreased IL-6 concentrations. Similar changes were seen among women with acute pelvic inflammatory disease. Acute bacterial STI resulted in increased HIV-1 viremia. This may be mediated through increased inflammatory cytokines or through modulation of immune responses that control HIV-1 viremia.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10915076http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/16208
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J Infect Dis. 2000 Aug;182(2):459-66. Epub 2000 Jul 12Publisher
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi
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