The acute care and examination of a victim of sexual violence must be carried out by a
competent forensic examiner in a setting appropriate for crisis intervention, forensic …

Sexual assault and HIV are coexisting public health problems. Sexual assault may increase
HIV transmission risk through diverse mechanisms, such as infliction of anal, oral, and …

Women's preferences for penis size may affect men's comfort with their own bodies and may
have implications for sexual health. Studies of women's penis size preferences typically …

Objective The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence, type and pattern of
macroscopically detected female genital injury after consensual and non-consensual …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to make a normative description of the nature
and duration of genital lesions sustained during consensual sexual intercourse, using the …

Abstract Purpose of Review Women remain disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS
pandemic. The primary mechanism for HIV acquisition in women is sexual transmission, yet …

While intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) are highly associated with
injury, the healthcare and legal significance of these injuries is controversial. Purpose …

HSV infects keratinocytes in the epidermis of skin via nectin-1. We established a human
foreskin explant infection model to investigate HSV entry and spread. HSV1 entry could only …

Disruption of the epithelium in the female reproductive tract (FRT) is hypothesized to
increase HIV infection risk by interfering with barrier protection and facilitating HIV-target cell …

Background: Genital, anal, and oral injuries sustained from sexual intercourse may explain
HIV transmission among women. We determined the variability in genitoanal injury …