Searching for Lower Female Genital Tract Soluble and Cellular Biomarkers: Defining Levels and Predictors in a Cohort of Healthy Caucasian Women

• Jordan K. Kyongo,

  Affiliation Virology Unit, Division of Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Vicky Jespers,

  Affiliation ITM HIV/AIDS Centre, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Odin Goovaerts,

  Affiliation Immunology Unit, Division of Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Johan Michiels,

  Affiliation Virology Unit, Division of Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Joris Menten,

  Affiliation Clinical Trials Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Raina N. Fichorova,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Genital Tract Biology, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Tania Crucitti,

  Affiliation HIV/STI Reference Laboratory, Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Guido Vanham,

  Affiliations Virology Unit, Division of Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium and Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

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• Kevin K. Ariën

  * E-mail: karien@itg.be

  Affiliation Virology Unit, Division of Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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