Impact of chronic sexual abuse and depression on inflammation and wound healing in the female reproductive tract of HIV-uninfected and HIV-infected women.

Authors

Mimi Ghosh, George Washington University
Jason Daniels
Maria Pyra
Monika Juzumaite
Mariel Jais
Kerry Murphy
Tonya N Taylor
Seble Kassaye
Lorie Benning
Mardge Cohen
Kathleen Weber

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Journal

PLoS One

Volume

13

Issue

6

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0198412

Abstract

Sexual violence is associated with increased risk of HIV acquisition/transmission in women. Forced sex can result in physical trauma to the reproductive tract as well as severe psychological distress. However, immuno-biological mechanisms linking sexual violence and HIV susceptibility are incompletely understood. Using the Women's Interagency HIV Study repository, a total of 77 women were selected to form 4 groups, stratified by HIV serostatus, in the following categories: 1) no sexual abuse history and low depressive symptom score (below clinically significant cut-off, scores

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APA Citation

Ghosh, M., Daniels, J., Pyra, M., Juzumaite, M., Jais, M., Murphy, K., Taylor, T., Kassaye, S., Benning, L., Cohen, M., & Weber, K. (2018). Impact of chronic sexual abuse and depression on inflammation and wound healing in the female reproductive tract of HIV-uninfected and HIV-infected women.. PLoS One, 13 (6). http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198412

Peer Reviewed

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