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

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Drell, Tiina ^a,b   Lillsaar, Triin ^a,b   Tummeleht, Lea ^a,g   Simm, Jaak ^a   Aaspõllu, Anu ^a   Väin, Edda ^c   Saarma, Ivo ^c   Salumets, Andres ^b,d   Donders, Gilbert G G ^e,f   Metsis, Madis ^a,b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b Competence Centre on Reproductive Medicine and Biology ^*  (Estonia)

^c Fertilitas Hospital   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^e Regional Hospital H Hart   (Belgium)

^f Femicare vzw   (Belgium)

^g ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CANDIDA; ESTONIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; PYROSEQUENCING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CANDIDA; DNA, INTERGENIC; ESTONIA; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; METAGENOME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VAGINA; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; GARDNERELLA; OTUS;

EID: 84872765293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054379     Document Type: Article

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