The penile microbiota of Black South African men: relationship with human papillomavirus and HIV infection
Abstract Background To date, the microbiota of the human penis has been studied mostly in connection with circumcision, HIV risk and female partner bacterial vaginosis (BV). These studies have shown that male circumcision reduces penile anaerobic bacteria, that greater abundance of penile anaerobic...
Main Authors: | Harris Onywera, Anna-Lise Williamson, Luca Cozzuto, Sarah Bonnin, Zizipho Z. A. Mbulawa, David Coetzee, Julia Ponomarenko, Tracy L. Meiring |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-04-01
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Series: | BMC Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-020-01759-x |
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