Lactobacillus-dominated cervicovaginal microbiota associated with reduced HIV/STI prevalence and genital HIV viral load in african women

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1781-1793

  Borgdorff, Hanneke ^a   Tsivtsivadze, Evgeni ^b   Verhelst, Rita ^c   Marzorati, Massimo ^c   Jurriaans, Suzanne ^d   Ndayisaba, Gilles F ^e   Schuren, Frank H ^b   Van De Wijgert, Janneke H H M ^a,f  

^a AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Laboratory of Clinical Virology Department of Medical Microbiology Academic Medical Center ^*  (Rwanda)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bacterial vaginosis; cervicovaginal HIV 1 RNA; cervicovaginal microbiome; HIV; Rwanda; sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PREGNANCY; PROSTITUTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WOMENS HEALTH;

RWANDA;

ATOPOBIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GARDNERELLA; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS INERS; PREVOTELLA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RWANDA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RWANDA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; VAGINA; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906942139     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.26     Document Type: Article

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