Vaginal Microbiome Signature Is Associated With Spontaneous Preterm Delivery

Vaginal Microbiome Signature Is Associated With Spontaneous Preterm Delivery

Background: Preterm delivery (PTD) represents an important public health and therapeutic challenge. Despite the reported link between the composition of vaginal microbiome and PTD, previous studies were inconsistent in their conclusions and utilized non-uniform designs. We performed an independent c...

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Main Authors: Keli Hočevar, Aleš Maver, Marijana Vidmar Šimic, Alenka Hodžić, Alexander Haslberger, Tanja Premru Seršen, Borut Peterlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
preterm delivery
microbiome
next-generation sequencing
16S rRNA gene
vaginal microbiome
pregnancy
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2019.00201/full

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