Risks for acquisition of Bacterial vaginosis among women who report sex with women: A cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Marrazzo, Jeanne M ^a   Thomas, Katherine K ^a   Fiedler, Tina L ^b   Ringwood, Kathleen ^a   Fredricks, David N ^b  

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

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LEPTOTRICHIA; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEGASPHAERA; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LEPTOTRICHIA; MEGASPHAERA;

EID: 77956214551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011139     Document Type: Article

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