The lentivirus human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes AIDS by interacting with a large
number of different cells in the body and escaping the host immune response against it. HIV …

Sex hormones influence susceptibility and disease predisposition for many genital tract
infections. This review describes the mechanisms by which sex steroids affect mucosal …

Gender inequality damages the health of millions of girls and women across the globe. It can
also be damaging to men's health despite the many tangible benefits it gives men through …

The purpose of this study was to elucidate the etiological pathways towards substance use
and risky sexual behavior in female adolescent substance abusers. The study had three …

Providing a significant cross-fertilization of ideas across several disciplines, Enhancement in
Drug Delivery offers a unique comprehensive review of both theoretical and practical …

At the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, lesbians were often perceived as a high risk group
for exposure to HIV infection. The construction of lesbians as women who engage in sexual …

Because mucosal surfaces are a primary route of HIV-1 infection, we evaluated the mucosal
immunogenicity of a candidate HIV-1 vaccine, oligomeric gp160 (o-gp160). In prior studies …

The anti-viral vaccine of the present invention is produced in transgenic plants and then
administered through standard vaccine introduction method or through the consumption of …

Gender relations of power constitute the root causes of gender inequality and are among the
most infl uential of the social determinants of health. They operate across many dimensions …

The rectal and genital tract mucosae are considered to be major sites of entry for the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) during sexual contact. We now demonstrate that vaginal …