Immunological Microenvironments in the Human Vagina and Cervix: Mediators of Cellular Immunity Are Concentrated in the Cervical Transformation Zone1
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- 1 December 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 73 (6), 1253-1263
- https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.105.043133
Abstract
Cell-mediated immunity (CMI) is key to defense against intracellular pathogens such as Chlamydia trachomatis and viruses that infect the lower femaleKeywords
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