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  1. 6. Navigating Conflicting Norms on Body and Sexuality : Exploring Swedish-Somali Women's and Swedish Welfare Workers' Perceptions of Female Genital Cutting

    Författare :Camilla Palm; Eva Elmerstig; Charlotta Holmström; Birgitta Essén; Claudia Merli; Malmö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; female genital cutting; female genital mutilation; migration; discourse; Sweden; welfare work; qualitative research;

    Sammanfattning : Female genital cutting (FGC), sometimes referred to as female genital mutilation, is the subject of intense debate, exposing tensions between varying cultural values about bodies and sexuality. In Sweden, FGC is framed as a social problem designed to control female sexuality, and national efforts have long aimed to prevent it from being perpetuated. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Female genital mutilation : studies on primary and repeat female genital cutting

    Författare :Vanja Berggren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Female genital mutilation; female genital cutting; reinfibulation; vulva; sexuality; midwife; immigration; migration; Sudan; Sweden; Somalia; Eritrea;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Worldwide at least 130 million now living women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), also called female genital cutting (FGC). Reinfibulation (RI) is a secondary form, mainly performed after delivery. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Genital tract CD4+ T cells for vaccination and protection against Chlamydia trachomatis

    Författare :Ellen Marks; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Chlamydia; T cell differentiation; genital tract; vaccination; costimulation; Th1; Th2; Th17; Tregs;

    Sammanfattning : Vaccination strategies for protection against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are lacking due to an incomplete understanding of genital tract T cell responses. This thesis dissects the generation of T helper subsets, including the recently discovered Th17 subset, during genital tract infection with a common sexually transmitted pathogen, Chlamydia trachomatis, and addresses vaccine requirements for the generation of genital tract CD4+ T cell immunity. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Antibody responses in genital secretions and serum after mucosal vaccination in humans

    Författare :Lotta Wassén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :genital immunity; antibodies; mucosal vaccination; cervical secretions; vaginal fluids;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to study the induction of B-cell immune responses in genital secretion and serum after mucosal vaccination in women. Oral inactivated B subunit whole-cell (B-WC) cholera vaccine and recombinant cholera toxin B subunit (CTB) alone were used as model immunogens. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Mucosal adjuvants and their mode of action in the female genital tract

    Författare :Madelene Lindqvist; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; immunology; mucosal adjuvants; genital tract; vaccine; HSV-2; mouse; alpha-galactosylceramid; CpG ODN; proteoliposome-derived cochleate; inflammation; bioinformatics;

    Sammanfattning : Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) cause a socioeconomic burden, morbidity and even mortality in a large part of the human population all over the world today. One of the most common genital ulcerative diseases is caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 with over 536 million people infected world-wide. LÄS MER