Association of high-risk sexual behaviour with diversity of the vaginal microbiota and abundance of Lactobacillus

OBJECTIVE: To compare the vaginal microbiota of women engaged in high-risk sexual behaviour (sex work) with women who are not engaged in high-risk sexual behaviour. Diverse vaginal microbiota, low in Lactobacillus species, like those in bacterial vaginosis (BV), are associated with increased prevale...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Wessels, Jocelyn M., Lajoie, Julie, Vitali, Danielle, Omollo, Kenneth, Kimani, Joshua, Oyugi, Julius, Cheruiyot, Juliana, Kimani, Makubo, Mungai, John N., Akolo, Maureen, Stearns, Jennifer C., Surette, Michael G., Fowke, Keith R., Kaushic, Charu
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5667760/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29095928
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187612
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