STDs disrupt genetic bottleneck that usually constrains HIV infection
Friday, January 23, 2009 - 14:14
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have shown that HIV faces a genetic "bottleneck" when the virus is transmitted heterosexually from one person to another, by way of the genital mucosa. The results, published January 23 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens, explain why prior infection by other sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) makes individuals more susceptible to HIV infection. read more