The significance of Lactobacillus crispatus and L. vaginalis for vaginal health and the negative effect of recent sex: a cross-sectional descriptive study across groups of African women. Authors:
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1 Unit of Epidemiology and Control of HIV/STD, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium; 2 Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; 3 Laboratory Bacteriology Research, University Gent, Ghent, Belgium; 4 International Center for Reproductive Health (ICRH), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; 5 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; 6 Wits Reproductive Health & HIV Institute, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; 7 ICRH Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya; 8 Rinda Ubuzima, Kigali, Rwanda; 9 Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium; 10 HIV/STI Reference Laboratory, Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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The significance of Lactobacillus crispatus and L. vaginalis for vaginal health and the negative effect of recent sex: a cross-sectional descriptive study across groups of African women
BACKGROUND Women in sub-Saharan Africa are vulnerable to acquiring HIV infection and reproductive tract infections. Bacterial vaginosis (BV), a disruption of the vaginal microbiota, has been shown to be strongly associated with HIV infection. Risk factors related to potentially protective or harmful microbiota species are not known. METHODS We present cross-sectional quantitative polymerase c...
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