Pre-exposure prophylaxis differentially alters circulating and mucosal immune cell activation in herpes simplex virus

Laura E Richert-Spuhler1, Laura Pattacini, Margot Plews

  • 1aVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA bNational HIV and Retrovirology Laboratories, JC Wilt Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada cPartners in Health Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Thika, Kenya dInfectious Disease Institute eDepartment of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda fDepartment of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA gCentre for Clinical Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya hDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada iDepartment of Epidemiology jDepartment of Medicine kDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.

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