Distribution of genital Lactobacillus strains shared by female sex partners

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 680-683

  Marrazzo, Jeanne M ^a,e   Antonio, May ^b   Agnew, Kathy ^c,d   Hillier, Sharon L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS INERS; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOGAMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUALITY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VAGINA;

EID: 61849101497     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596632     Document Type: Article

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