Incident Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) in women who have sex with women is associated with behaviors that suggest sexual transmission of BV

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1042-1053

  Vodstrcil, Lenka A ^a,b   Walker, Sandra M ^a,b   Hocking, Jane S ^b   Law, Matthew ^c   Forcey, Dana S ^a,b   Fehler, Glenda ^a   Bilardi, Jade E ^a,d   Chen, Marcus Y ^a,b,d   Fethers, Katherine A ^b   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,d   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^a,b,d  

^a MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

bacterial vaginosis; lesbian; sexual behavior; sexual partner; women who have sex with women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COITUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL SEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS; WOMEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH WOMEN; INCIDENCE; LESBIANISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SELF EXAMINATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRANSMISSION; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926619861     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu1130     Document Type: Article

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