Effect of Female Genital Schistosomiasis and Anti-Schistosomal Treatment on Monocytes, CD4⁺ T-Cells and CCR5 Expression in the Female Genital Tract

• Elisabeth Kleppa ,

  * E-mail: elisabeth.kleppa@medisin.uio.no

  Affiliations Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital (OUH), Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Veron Ramsuran,

  Affiliation HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Durban, South Africa

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• Siphosenkosi Zulu,

  Affiliation School of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, UKZN, Durban, South Africa

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• Gunn Hege Karlsen,

  Affiliation Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

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• Alfred Bere,

  Affiliation Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Jo-Ann S. Passmore,

  Affiliation Division of Medical Virology, IDM, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Patricia Ndhlovu,

  Affiliation Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

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• Kristine Lillebø,

  Affiliations Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital (OUH), Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Sigve D. Holmen,

  Affiliations Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital (OUH), Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Mathias Onsrud,

  Affiliation Department of Gynaecology, OUH, Oslo, Norway

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• Svein Gunnar Gundersen,

  Affiliations Research Unit, Sorlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway, Centre for Development Studies, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway

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• Myra Taylor,

  Affiliation School of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, UKZN, Durban, South Africa

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• Eyrun F. Kjetland,

  Affiliations Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital (OUH), Oslo, Norway, School of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, UKZN, Durban, South Africa

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• Thumbi Ndung’u

  Affiliation HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Durban, South Africa

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