Bacterial vaginosis (BV) candidate bacteria: Associations with BV and behavioural practices in sexually-experienced and inexperienced women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Fethers, Katherine ^a,b   Twin, Jimmy ^c,d   Fairley, Christopher K ^b   Fowkes, Freya J I ^a,e   Garland, Suzanne M ^a,c,d   Fehler, Glenda ^b   Morton, Anna M ^b   Hocking, Jane S ^a   Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^a,c,d   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIACEAE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOTRICHIA; LESBIAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEGASPHAERA; MEGASPHAERA TYPE I; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SNEATHIA; UNSAFE SEX; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS; BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; VAGINA;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857177062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030633     Document Type: Article

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