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Post-coital dynamics of the penile and cervico-vaginal genital microbiome
MicrobiomeBackground The vaginal and penile coronal sulcus microbiome influence reproductive health outcomes and susceptibility to multiple sexually transmitted infections including HIV.
Daniel E. Park +13 more
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Vaginal microbiome of reproductive-age women [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010 The means by which vaginal microbiomes help prevent urogenital diseases in women and maintain health are poorly understood. To gain insight into this, the vaginal bacterial communities of 396 asymptomatic North American women who represented four ethnic groups (white, black, Hispanic, and Asian) were sampled and the species ...
Jacques, Ravel +14 more
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Characterization of the vaginal microbiota of healthy Canadian women through the menstrual cycle [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: The vaginal microbial community plays a vital role in maintaining women\u2019s health. Understanding the precise bacterial composition is challenging because of the diverse and difficult-to-culture nature of many bacterial constituents ...
Hemmingsen, S M +44 more
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Allergy, EarlyView.This study aimed to compare both the gut and salivary microbiota over time between allergic and tolerant patients and matched controls. Allergic patients with food protein‐induced enterocolitis syndrome exhibited lower gut and salivary alpha‐diversities, several genus‐level differences, and higher acetate levels than controls.
Anais Lemoine +8 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection MicrobiologyBackgroundWomen with vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) are known to experience vaginal microbial dysbiosis. However, the dynamic alterations of the vaginal microbiome in pregnant women with VVC and its effect on neonatal gut microbiome remain unclear.
Hongqin Zhang +6 more
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Pharmaceutics, 2020 The G2-S16 polyanionic carbosilane dendrimer is a promising microbicide that inhibits HSV-2 infection in vitro and in vivo in mice models. This G2-S16 dendrimer inhibits HSV-2 infection even in the presence of semen.
Carlos Guerrero-Beltrán +8 more
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Lactobacillus crispatus thrives in pregnancy hormonal milieu in a Nigerian patient cohort
Scientific Reports, 2021 Steroid hormones are one of the presumed modulators of Lactobacillus abundance in the vaginal epithelium. We set out to characterize the vaginal microbiome (VMB) and also provide an in-depth understanding of the relative contribution of estradiol (E2 ...
Nkechi Martina Odogwu +7 more
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Microdiversity of the vaginal microbiome is associated with preterm birth
, 2023 Preterm birth (PTB) is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. The vaginal microbiome has been associated with PTB, yet the mechanisms underlying this association are not fully understood.
Tal Korem +6 more
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Vaccinations During Pregnancy Protect the Mother–Infant Dyad and Are Generally Safe
Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim Vaccination in pregnancy has a critical impact on mothers, foetuses and infants. The aim of this paper was to summarise key points presented by experts attending the 12th Maria Delivoria‐Papadopoulos Perinatal Symposium in March 2025 and further expand and update them.
Ariadne Malamitsi‐Puchner +2 more
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Incidence and Early‐Life Risk Factors for Food Allergy in a Spanish Birth Cohort
Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim The prevalence of food allergy has increased in recent decades. We aimed to determine the cumulative incidence of food allergy in early childhood and to identify associated risk factors. Methods We conducted a prospective birth cohort study including 1006 newborns recruited over one year at a single hospital in Spain and followed until 4 ...
Jorge García‐Ezquiaga +6 more
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