Effects of tampons and menses on the composition and diversity of vaginal microbial communities over time

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 695-706

  Hickey, R J ^a   Abdo, Z ^a   Zhou, X ^a   Nemeth, K ^b   Hansmann, M ^b   Osborn III, T W ^b   Wang, F ^b   Forney, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Menses; tampons; vaginal microbiota

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; DNA 16S; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTOBACILLUS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SANITARY PAD; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TAMPON; VAGINA FLORA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MODEL; NOTE; AMPLICON; DNA EXTRACTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOBILUNCUS; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAGINAL SECRETION;

EID: 84876107936     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12151     Document Type: Article

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