Vaginal dysbiosis and the potential of vaginal microbiome-directed therapeutics

A healthy vaginal microbiome (VMB) is dominated by Lactobacillus spp. and provides the first line of defense against invading pathogens. Vaginal dysbiosis, characterized by the loss of Lactobacillus dominance and increase of microbial diversity, has been linked to an increased risk of adverse genita...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiomes
Main Authors:	Valerie Diane Valeriano, Emilia Lahtinen, In-Chan Hwang, Yichan Zhang, Juan Du, Ina Schuppe-Koistinen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-10-01
Subjects:	dysbiosis vaginal microbiome vaginal health live biopharmaceutical products lactobacilli
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frmbi.2024.1363089/full