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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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5667760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29095928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187612

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5667760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29095928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187612

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