The significance of Lactobacillus crispatus and L. vaginalis for vaginal health and the negative effect of recent sex: a cross-sectional descriptive study across groups of African women

The vaginal microbiota and susceptibility to HIV

(2014) Anne Buvé et al.   AIDS

Bacterial Vaginosis and the Cervicovaginal Immune Response

(2014) Caroline Mitchell et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Comparative Functional Genomics of Lactobacillus spp. Reveals Possible Mechanisms for Specialization of Vaginal Lactobacilli to Their Environment

(2014) H. Mendes-Soares et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Comparison of Lower Genital Tract Microbiota in HIV-Infected and Uninfected Women from Rwanda and the US

(2014) Lorie Benning et al.   PLoS One

Pregnancy's Stronghold on the Vaginal Microbiome

(2014) Marina R. S. Walther-António et al.   PLoS One

The Vaginal Microbiota: What Have We Learned after a Decade of Molecular Characterization?

(2014) Janneke H. H. M. van de Wijgert et al.   PLoS One

Prevalence and Correlates of Bacterial Vaginosis in Different Sub-Populations of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Study

(2014) Vicky Jespers et al.   PLoS One

The composition and stability of the vaginal microbiota of normal pregnant women is different from that of non-pregnant women

(2014) Roberto Romero et al.   Microbiome

Toward Early Safety Alert Endpoints: Exploring Biomarkers Suggestive of Microbicide Failure

(2013) Christine K. Mauck et al.   AIDS RESEARCH AND HUMAN RETROVIRUSES

Effects of tampons and menses on the composition and diversity of vaginal microbial communities over time

(2013) RJ Hickey et al.   BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

Reciprocal Interference between Lactobacillus spp. and Gardnerella vaginalis on Initial Adherence to Epithelial Cells

(2013) Joana Castro et al.   International Journal of Medical Sciences

Characterization of the Vaginal Micro- and Mycobiome in Asymptomatic Reproductive-Age Estonian Women

(2013) Tiina Drell et al.   PLoS One

Composition of the Vaginal Microbiota in Women of Reproductive Age – Sensitive and Specific Molecular Diagnosis of Bacterial Vaginosis Is Possible?

(2013) Elena Shipitsyna et al.   PLoS One

Consistent Condom Use Increases the Colonization of Lactobacillus crispatus in the Vagina

(2013) Liyan Ma et al.   PLoS One

Prevalence and Treatment Outcome of Cervicitis of Unknown Etiology

(2013) Stephanie N. Taylor et al.   SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

Interaction Between Lactobacilli, Bacterial Vaginosis-Associated Bacteria, and HIV Type 1 RNA and DNA Genital Shedding in U.S. and Kenyan Women

(2012) Caroline Mitchell et al.   AIDS RESEARCH AND HUMAN RETROVIRUSES

Quantification of bacterial species of the vaginal microbiome in different groups of women, using nucleic acid amplification tests

(2012) Vicky Jespers et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Altered Vaginal Microbiota Are Associated With Perinatal Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in African Women From Burkina Faso

(2012) Daniel N. Frank et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

A Metagenomic Approach to Characterization of the Vaginal Microbiome Signature in Pregnancy

(2012) Kjersti Aagaard et al.   PLoS One

Longitudinal qPCR Study of the Dynamics of L. crispatus, L. iners, A. vaginae, (Sialidase Positive) G. vaginalis, and P. bivia in the Vagina

(2012) Guido Lopes dos Santos Santiago et al.   PLoS One

Resolution and Characterization of Distinct cpn60-Based Subgroups of Gardnerella vaginalis in the Vaginal Microbiota

(2012) Teenus Paramel Jayaprakash et al.   PLoS One

Searching for Lower Female Genital Tract Soluble and Cellular Biomarkers: Defining Levels and Predictors in a Cohort of Healthy Caucasian Women

(2012) Jordan K. Kyongo et al.   PLoS One

Importance of Vaginal Microbes in Reproductive Health

(2012) Jingru Li et al.   Reproductive Sciences

Understanding vaginal microbiome complexity from an ecological perspective

(2012) Roxana J. Hickey et al.   Translational Research

Interpreting the epidemiology and natural history of bacterial vaginosis: Are we still confused?

(2011) Jeanne M. Marrazzo   ANAEROBE

Molecular Definition of Vaginal Microbiota in East African Commercial Sex Workers

(2011) John J. Schellenberg et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

In vaginal fluid, bacteria associated with bacterial vaginosis can be suppressed with lactic acid but not hydrogen peroxide

(2011) Deirdre E O'Hanlon et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Self-collected vaginal swabs for the quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assay of Atopobium vaginae and Gardnerella vaginalis and the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis

(2011) J.-P. Menard et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Characterisation of the oral, vaginal and rectal Lactobacillus flora in healthy pregnant and postmenopausal women

(2011) Ljubomir Petricevic et al.   European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Prevalence, Motivations, and Adverse Effects of Vaginal Practices in Africa and Asia: Findings from a Multicountry Household Survey

(2011) Terence Hull et al.   JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH

High Burden of Prevalent and Recently Acquired HIV among Female Sex Workers and Female HIV Voluntary Testing Center Clients in Kigali, Rwanda

(2011) Sarah L. Braunstein et al.   PLoS One

High Human Immunodeficiency Virus Incidence in a Cohort of Rwandan Female Sex Workers

(2011) Sarah L. Braunstein et al.   SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

Treatment of asymptomatic vaginal candidiasis in pregnancy to prevent preterm birth: an open-label pilot randomized controlled trial

(2011) Christine L Roberts et al.   BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

The Lactobacillus flora in vagina and rectum of fertile and postmenopausal healthy Swedish women

(2011) Rita J Gustafsson et al.   BMC Womens Health

Intravaginal Practices, Bacterial Vaginosis, and HIV Infection in Women: Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis

(2011) Nicola Low et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Molecular analysis of the diversity of vaginal microbiota associated with bacterial vaginosis

(2010) Xin Z Ling et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Comparison of quantitative PCR assays for Escherichia coli targeting ribosomal RNA and single copy genes

(2010) E.C. Chern et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Intravaginal Practices, Vaginal Infections and HIV Acquisition: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2010) Adriane Martin Hilber et al.   PLoS One

Vaginal microbiome of reproductive-age women

(2010) J. Ravel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacterial vaginosis and HIV acquisition: a meta-analysis of published studies

(2009) Julius Atashili et al.   AIDS

The vaginal bacterial communities of Japanese women resemble those of women in other racial groups

(2009) Xia Zhou et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biomarkers of Semen Exposure

(2009) Christine K. Mauck   SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES