The vaginal microbiota over an 8- to 10-year period in a cohort of HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women.

BACKGROUND:We identified predominant vaginal microbiota communities, changes over time, and how this varied by HIV status and other factors in a cohort of 64 women. METHODS:Bacterial DNA was extracted from reposited cervicovaginal lavage samples collected annually over an 8-10 year period from Chica...

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Main Authors: Supriya D Mehta, Brock Donovan, Kathleen M Weber, Mardge Cohen, Jacques Ravel, Pawel Gajer, Douglas Gilbert, Derick Burgad, Greg T Spear
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4326357?pdf=render