HIV/AIDS
Researchers from Emory University, Department of Medicine provide details of new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS
Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 5th, 2008
New research, 'Probiotics: potential to prevent HIV and sexually transmitted infections in women,' is the subject of a report. "Women are at significant risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infection (STI) acquisition with the genital mucosa serving as the main portal of infection. Exogenously supplied lactobacillus used as a probiotic may prove a cost-effective, female-initiated method to prevent HIV and STI infection in women," investigators in the United States report.
"A probiotic may act indirectly through treating and preventing recurrent bacterial vaginosis or directly by secreting endogenous (e.g., hydrogen peroxide) and exogenous...
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