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Endocervical and vaginal microbiota in South African adolescents with asymptomatic Chlamydia trachomatis infection

Adolescent girls and young women represent a key risk group for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The vaginal microbiota is thought to play an important role in susceptibility to STIs such as Chlamydia trachomatis. We compared the microbiota of the lateral vaginal wall and endocervix, and asse...

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Autores principales: Balle, Christina, Lennard, Katie, Dabee, Smritee, Barnabas, Shaun L., Jaumdally, Shameem Z., Gasper, Melanie A., Maseko, Venessa, Mbulawa, Zizipho Z. A., Williamson, Anna-Lise, Bekker, Linda-Gail, Lewis, David A., Passmore, Jo-Ann S., Jaspan, Heather B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30038262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29320-x