Differences in vaginal microbiome in African American women versus women of European ancestry

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 160, Issue , 2014, Pages 2272-2282

  Fettweis, Jennifer M ^a   Paul Brooks, J ^a   Serrano, Myrna G ^a   Sheth, Nihar U ^a   Girerd, Philippe H ^a   Edwards, David J ^a   Strauss, Jerome F ^a   Jefferson, Kimberly K ^a   Buck, Gregory A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; YOGHURT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM; BODY MASS; DIET; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM; GARDNERELLA; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INCOME; LEPTOTRICHIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEGASPHAERA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOBILUNCUS; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVOTELLA; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUALITY; SMOKING; UREAPLASMA; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA MYCOSIS; VAGINAL LAVAGE;

EID: 84908078004     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.081034-0     Document Type: Article

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