Understanding vaginal microbiome complexity from an ecological perspective

Translational Research

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 267-282

  Hickey, Roxana J ^a   Zhou, Xia ^a   Pierson, Jacob D ^a   Ravel, Jacques ^b   Forney, Larry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ASIAN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANDIDA; CAUCASIAN; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECOSYSTEM; GARDNERELLA INFECTION; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOBILUNCUS; NEGRO; PH MEASUREMENT; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

EID: 84866368749     PISSN: 19315244     EISSN: 18781810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2012.02.008     Document Type: Review

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