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An Insight into Vaginal Microbiome Techniques

There is a unique microbial community in the female lower genital tract known as the vaginal microbiota, which varies in composition and density and provides significant benefits during pregnancy, reproductive cyclicity, healthy newborn delivery, protection from preterm birth, infections such as UTI...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Mahima, Chopra, Chitrakshi, Mehta, Malvika, Sharma, Varun, Mallubhotla, Sharada, Sistla, Srinivas, Sistla, Jyothi C., Bhushan, Indu
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8623751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34833105
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life11111229
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author Sharma, Mahima
Chopra, Chitrakshi
Mehta, Malvika
Sharma, Varun
Mallubhotla, Sharada
Sistla, Srinivas
Sistla, Jyothi C.
Bhushan, Indu
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Chopra, Chitrakshi
Mehta, Malvika
Sharma, Varun
Mallubhotla, Sharada
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description There is a unique microbial community in the female lower genital tract known as the vaginal microbiota, which varies in composition and density and provides significant benefits during pregnancy, reproductive cyclicity, healthy newborn delivery, protection from preterm birth, infections such as UTIs, bacterial vaginosis, and so on, and improves the efficacy of treatments for vaginal cancers. Methods: It is necessary to know how the vaginal microbiome is composed in order to make an accurate diagnosis of the diseases listed above. A microbiome’s members are difficult to classify, and the way microbial communities function and influence host–pathogen interactions are difficult to understand. More and more metagenomic studies are able to unravel such complexities due to advances in high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics. When it comes to vaginal microbiota research, we’ll be looking at the use of modern techniques and strategies that can be used to investigate variations in vaginal microbiota in order to detect diseases earlier, better treat vaginal disorders, and boost women’s health. Discussion: The discussed techniques and strategies may improve the treatment of vaginal disorders and may be beneficial for women’s overall health.
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spelling pubmed-86237512021-11-27 An Insight into Vaginal Microbiome Techniques Sharma, Mahima Chopra, Chitrakshi Mehta, Malvika Sharma, Varun Mallubhotla, Sharada Sistla, Srinivas Sistla, Jyothi C. Bhushan, Indu Life (Basel) Review There is a unique microbial community in the female lower genital tract known as the vaginal microbiota, which varies in composition and density and provides significant benefits during pregnancy, reproductive cyclicity, healthy newborn delivery, protection from preterm birth, infections such as UTIs, bacterial vaginosis, and so on, and improves the efficacy of treatments for vaginal cancers. Methods: It is necessary to know how the vaginal microbiome is composed in order to make an accurate diagnosis of the diseases listed above. A microbiome’s members are difficult to classify, and the way microbial communities function and influence host–pathogen interactions are difficult to understand. More and more metagenomic studies are able to unravel such complexities due to advances in high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics. When it comes to vaginal microbiota research, we’ll be looking at the use of modern techniques and strategies that can be used to investigate variations in vaginal microbiota in order to detect diseases earlier, better treat vaginal disorders, and boost women’s health. Discussion: The discussed techniques and strategies may improve the treatment of vaginal disorders and may be beneficial for women’s overall health. MDPI 2021-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8623751/ /pubmed/34833105 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life11111229 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Sistla, Srinivas
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Bhushan, Indu
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8623751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34833105
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life11111229
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