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Exploring genitoanal injury and HIV risk among women: Menstrual phase, hormonal birth control, and injury frequency and prevalence.

TitleExploring genitoanal injury and HIV risk among women: Menstrual phase, hormonal birth control, and injury frequency and prevalence.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsBrawner, Bridgette M., Marilyn S. Sommers, Kendra Moore, Rose Aka-James, Therese Zink, Kathleen M. Brown, and Jamison D. Fargo
JournalJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
Date Published2015 Aug 22
ISSN1944-7884
AbstractGenital, anal and oral injuries sustained from sexual intercourse may explain HIV transmission among women. We determined the variability in genitoanal injury frequency and prevalence in women following consensual sexual intercourse, exploring the role of menstrual phase and hormonal birth control.
Alternate JournalJ. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr.

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