Publications by authors named "Christi Philips"
Article Synopsis
- A study during the 2017-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey tested urine samples for Mycoplasma genitalium infection among participants aged 14 to 59.
- The overall prevalence of the infection was found to be 1.7% with a 95% confidence interval of 1.1%-2.7%.
- Prevalence rates were comparable between males at 1.8% and females at 1.7%.
Background: Sustained genital tract inflammation caused by sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is known to increase risk of vaginal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections but, to our knowledge, there are no nonhuman primate studies that have evaluated its link to rectal HIV acquisition.
Methods: Rhesus macaques inoculated with Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) (serovars LGV-L2 and CT-E; n = 7) or saline (n = 7) received up to 20 rectal challenges twice a week of simian/HIV immunodeficiency virus (SHIVSF162p3). SHIV viremia was determined by real-time PCR and Chlamydia infection by APTIMA Combo 2 testing.