SIV vaginal transmission in monkeys may be enhanced by progesterone (pages 1084–1089).
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Kraehenbuhl, JP., Wain-Hobson, S. Breaching barriers. Nat Med 2, 1080–1082 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1096-1080
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