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 harmfu...

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Publicado en:BMC Infect Dis
Autores principales: Jespers, Vicky, van de Wijgert, Janneke, Cools, Piet, Verhelst, Rita, Verstraelen, Hans, Delany-Moretlwe, Sinead, Mwaura, Mary, Ndayisaba, Gilles F, Mandaliya, Kishor, Menten, Joris, Hardy, Liselotte, Crucitti, Tania
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4351943/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25879811
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-0825-z
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