Penile Anaerobic Dysbiosis as a Risk Factor for HIV Infection/Experiment 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Claregrieve1 on 2022/08/31

Curated date: 2022/01/12

Curator: Joyessa

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks, Claregrieve1, Joyessa, Peace Sandy

Subjects

Location of subjects: Uganda

Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.: Homo sapiens

Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology: Skin of penis Penile skin,Penis skin,Penis zone of skin,Zone of skin of penis,Skin of penis,skin of penis

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology: HIV infection [X]Human immunodeficiency virus disease,[X]Human immunodeficiency virus disease (disorder),[X]Unspecified human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease,[X]Unspecified human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (disorder),HIV - Human immunodeficiency virus infection,HIV INFECT,HIV Infection,HIV infection,HIV Infections,HIV infectious disease,HTLV III INFECT,HTLV III Infections,HTLV III LAV INFECT,HTLV III LAV Infections,HTLV WIII INFECTIONS,HTLV WIII LAV INFECTIONS,HTLV-III Infection,HTLV-III Infections,HTLV-III-LAV Infection,HTLV-III-LAV Infections,HUMAN IMMUNO VIRUS DIS,human immunodeficiency virus,Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease,HUMAN IMMUNOdeficiency VIRUS [HIV] INFECTION,Human immunodeficiency virus caused disease or disorder,Human immunodeficiency virus disease,Human immunodeficiency virus disease (disorder),Human immunodeficiency virus disease or disorder,Human immunodeficiency virus infection,Human immunodeficiency virus infection (disorder),Human immunodeficiency virus infection, NOS,Human immunodeficiency virus infectious disease,human immunodeficiency virus infectious disease,Infection, HIV,Infection, HTLV-III,Infection, HTLV-III-LAV,Infections, HIV,Infections, HTLV-III,Infections, HTLV-III-LAV,LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE III INFECTIONS HUMAN T,T LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE III INFECT HUMAN,T Lymphotropic Virus Type III Infections, Human,T-Lymphotropic Virus Type III Infections, Human,Unspecified human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (disorder),hIV infection

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies: HIV seronegative

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies: HIV seroconverted

Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group: HIV-infected trial participants who were randomized to the delayed circumcision arm of the trial and remained uncircumcised who seroconverted during the trial

Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group: 136

Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group: 46

Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any): 24 months.

Lab analysis

Sequencing type: 16S

16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene: V3-V4

Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance: Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).: relative abundances