Relationship between the Cervical Microbiome, HIV Status, and Precancerous Lesions

Relationship between the Cervical Microbiome, HIV Status, and Precancerous Lesions

HPV is known to be the causal agent in the majority of cervical cancers. However, the role of the cervical bacterial microbiome in cervical cancer is not clear. To investigate that possibility, we collected cervical cytobrush samples from 144 Tanzanian women and performed deep sequencing of bacteria...

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Main Authors: Cameron Klein, Daniela Gonzalez, Kandali Samwel, Crispin Kahesa, Julius Mwaiselage, Nirosh Aluthge, Samodha Fernando, John T. West, Charles Wood, Peter C. Angeletti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-02-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
16S RNA
cervical cancer
deep sequencing
human papillomavirus
human immunodeficiency virus
microbiome
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02785-18

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02785-18

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