UCT researchers land prestigious fellowship for trailblazing African health research.
| " Chetty’s current research, ‘A gut feeling: How can gastrointestinal bacterial infections alter female reproductive tract (FRT) immunity and control of sexually transmitted infections,’ focuses on understanding the effects of intestinal infections on the immune balance in the female genital tract. The study explores how this impacts susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), which may be unrelated but are highly prevalent. " |