跨性别女性的明显的粘膜和系统免疫学特征可能与艾滋病毒感染有关

Alexandra Schuetz1,2,3, Michael J Corley4, Carlo Sacdalan5

  • 1Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.

JCI insight
|July 11, 2023
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概括

变性女性 (TGW) 面临更高的艾滋病毒风险,原因是粘膜入口处的生物因素. 新阴道和肠道中炎症增加和更多的细胞可能解释了这种差异.

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