Objectives HIV seroconversion is known to alter the ratio of CD4 to CD8 T lymphocytes in peripheral blood. The impact of HIV seroconversion on cervical lymphocytes has not been well…
Objectives Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) is frequently detected in women and associated with a number of adverse reproductive health outcomes. Macrolide resistance-mediating mutations (MRMM) in region V of the 23S rRNA…
Objectives Hormonal contraception (HC) has been associated with a reduced risk of bacterial vaginosis (BV). We conducted a prospective study to evaluate the relationship between the composition and structure of…
Objectives According to the 2015 STD Treatment Guidelines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Trichomoniasis is the most prevalent nonviral STI in the US. Although traditionally diagnosed…
Objectives To identify associations between serum estrogen, vaginal glycogen and the composition of the vaginal microbial community. Methods Post-menopausal women age 40-62 enrolled in a hot flash treatment trial answered questions…
Objectives Although studies have reported associations between infections and febrile episodes during gestation and both autism and intellectual disability (ID) in offspring, results are mixed and limited to specific populations….
Objectives The antibody immunoglobulin D (IgD) is evolutionarily conserved throughout the 500 million years of vertebrate evolution1, but its function has long been mysterious since its discovery over 50 years…
Objectives Our objective was to evaluate HIV RNA virologic suppression and pregnancy outcomes for women with perinatally acquired HIV infection (PHIV) compared to women with non-perinatal HIV (nPHIV) infection over…
Objectives The 2015 Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak and the fear associated with the risk of microcephaly led to an influx of potentially exposed pregnant women into the health care system,…
Objectives The clinical diagnosis of chorioamnionitis requires a high index of suspicion. Unrecognized and untreated chorioamnionitis can lead to poor maternal and neonatal outcomes. Recent study of the concordance between…
