STDs disrupt genetic bottleneck that usually constrains HIV infection
Friday, January 23, 2009 - 15:56
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 23 January in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens, explain why prior infection by other sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) makes individuals more susceptible to HIV infection...