AIDS/HIV (Transmission)

Follow-Up on Progesterone and Increased Risk of SIV: Part One

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 15th, 1996

The following information is provided as a supplement to a story released in the May 20, 1996 issue of Women's Health Weekly regarding the increased risk of SIV transmission in rhesus monkeys given the hormone progesterone. This is part one of a two part story.

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) released the following information regarding the study by Dr. Preston Marx, which was funded by NICHD:

A recent study has found that rhesus monkeys given the hormone progesterone are more likely to become infected after vaginal exposure to simian immune deficiency virus (SIV) than are monkeys that have not been given the...

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