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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 [PDF]

, 2015
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.
Gilles F Ndayisaba, Hans Verstraelen, Janneke van de Wijgert, Joris Menten, Kishor Mandaliya, Liselotte Hardy, Mary Mwaura, null null, Piet Cools, Rita Verhelst, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, Tania Crucitti, Vicky Jespers   +12 more
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Clinical Significance of Composition and Functional Diversity of the Vaginal Microbiome in Recurrent Vaginitis

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
ObjectiveThe vaginal microbiome protects the female genital tract from various diseases, such as vaginitis, a vaginal inflammation characterized by abnormal discharge, itching, and pain.
Min Jeong Kim, Seungok Lee, Mi Yeon Kwon, Myungshin Kim   +3 more
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Biological and technical variables affecting immunoassay recovery of cytokines from human serum and simulated vaginal fluid: A multicenter study [PDF]

, 2008
The increase of proinflammatory cytokines in vaginal secretions may serve as a surrogate marker of unwanted inflammatory reaction to microbicide products topically applied for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV-1. Interleukin (
Alfano, M, Belec, L, Carbonneil, C, Chen, S, Cosentino, L, Cummins, JE, Curtis, K, Dezzutti, CS, Donaghay, M, Doncel, GF, Donoval, B, Fichorova, RN, Grivel, JC, Guzman, E, Hayes, M, Herold, B, Hillier, S, Lackman-Smith, C, Landay, A, Margolis, L, Mayer, KH, Pallansch-Cokonis, M, Pasicznyk, JM, Poli, G, Reichelderfer, P, Richardson-Harman, N, Roberts, P, Rodriguez, I, Saidi, H, Sassi, RR, Shattock, R   +30 more
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Role of Vaginal Microbiota Dysbiosis in Gynecological Diseases and the Potential Interventions

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Vaginal microbiota dysbiosis, characterized by the loss of Lactobacillus dominance and increase of microbial diversity, is closely related to gynecological diseases; thus, intervention on microbiota composition is significant and promising in the ...
Yiwen Han, Yiwen Han, Zhaoxia Liu, Tingtao Chen, Tingtao Chen   +4 more
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Decline in hospitalization for genital warts in the Veneto region after an HPV vaccination program: An observational study [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted pathogens. This observational study was conducted to estimate the trend of hospitalization for genital warts (GWs) in the Veneto region (Italy) from 2004 to 2015 ...
Baldo, Vincenzo, Baldovin, Tatjana, Bertoncello, Chiara, Buja, Alessandra, Cocchio, Silvia, Furlan, Patrizia, Saia, Mario   +6 more
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Optimising the management of vaginal discharge syndrome in Bulgaria: cost effectiveness of four clinical algorithms with risk assessment [PDF]

, 2010
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the performance and cost effectiveness of the WHO recommendations of incorporating risk-assessment scores and population prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) into vaginal discharge syndrome (VDS)
Anguenot, J-L, Cavailler, P, Cornier, N, Dentcheva, R, Gerbase, A, Janin, A, Mayaud, P, Ninet, B, Petrova, E, Terris-Prestholt, F, Vassilakos, P   +10 more
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Low pH immobilizes and kills human leukocytes and prevents transmission of cell-associated HIV in a mouse model [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: Both cell-associated and cell-free HIV virions are present in semen and cervical secretions of HIV-infected individuals. Thus, topical microbicides may need to inactivate both cell-associated and cell-free HIV to prevent sexual transmission ...
A Meehan, A Tachet, AJ Quayle, AR Neurath, AR Neurath, AR Neurath, B Fischer, B Fischer, B Ibata, B Larsen, BM Jones, C Tevi-Benissan, CD Pilcher, CE Hart, CJ Swallow, CJ Swallow, CJ Swallow, D Rodbard, DJ Anderson, DL Sodora, DM Auerbach, E Amaral, ER Boskey, ER Boskey, Erina M Ng, GJ Dougherty, GR Bright, GW Meisenholder, HL Martin, J van De Wijgert, JA Hill, JA Levy, JA Thomas, JEJ Cummins, JR Chaillet, K Mayer, Kristen V Khanna, KV Khanna, KV Khanna, L Tanasugarn, L Zeitlin, M Girard, ME Chamberland, MJ Burkhard, MP Carreno, OJ D'Cruz, Owen N Johnson, PL Vernazza, RC Burghardt, Richard A Cone, Richard B Markham, S Di Fabio, S Di Fabio, S Di Fabio, S Grinstein, S Grinstein, SL Achilles, SS Olmsted, Steven T Whitten, Stuart S Olmsted, TE Taha, Thomas R Moench, TP Huu, TR Moench, VR Zacharopoulos, WH Masters   +65 more
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Vaginal Microbiome: Rethinking Health and Disease [PDF]

Annual Review of Microbiology, 2012
Vaginal microbiota form a mutually beneficial relationship with their host and have a major impact on health and disease. In recent years our understanding of vaginal bacterial community composition and structure has significantly broadened as a result of investigators using cultivation-independent methods based on the analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA ...
Larry J. Forney, Bing Ma, Jacques Ravel
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Vaginal hygiene to prevent postoperative complications in various gynecological diseases [PDF]

РМЖ. Мать и дитя, 2021
I.B. Manukhin, E.I. Manukhina, I.R. Safaryan A.I. Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russian Federation Aim: to assess the efficacy of vaginal care hygiene in women with various gynecological disorders ...
E.I. Manukhina, I.R. Safaryan
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The oral microbiome and adverse pregnancy outcomes. [PDF]

, 2017
Significant evidence supports an association between periodontal pathogenic bacteria and preterm birth and preeclampsia. The virulence properties assigned to specific oral pathogenic bacteria, for example, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Porphyromonas ...
Angolkar, Mubashir, Babbar, Shilpa, Cobb, Charles M., Derman, Richard J., Kelly, Patricia J., Williams, Karen B.   +5 more
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