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    • Elevated elafin/trappin-2 in the female genital tract is associated with protection against HIV acquisition 

      Iqbal, Shehzad M.; Ball, Terry B.; Levinson, Pauline; Maranan, Lillian; Jaoko Godfrey W.; Wachihi, Charles; Pak, Brian J.; Podust, Vladimir N.; Broliden, Kristina; Hirbod, Taha; Kaul, Rupert; Plummer, FA (2009)
      Globally, heterosexual intercourse is the primary route of HIV-1 (HIV) transmission. It follows that mechanisms that protect against HIV infection are likely operative at the genital mucosa. In HIV-resistant Kenyan sex ...