Penile microbiota and female partner bacterial vaginosis in Rakai, Uganda

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Liu, Cindy M ^a,b,c   Hungate, Bruce A ^b   Tobian, Aaron A R ^a   Ravel, Jacques ^d   Prodger, Jessica L ^e   Serwadda, David ^f   Kigozi, Godfrey ^f   Galiwango, Ronald M ^f   Nalugoda, Fred ^f   Keim, Paul ^b,c   Wawer, Maria J ^g   Price, Lance B ^c,h   Gray, Ronald H ^g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f RAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM   (Uganda)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONDOM USE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIALISTER; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRAMARITAL SEX; FEMALE; FEMALE BY MARITAL STATUS; GENE DOSAGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY SEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE BY MARITAL STATUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFLORA; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILUNCUS; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; NUGENT SCORE; PENIS MICROFLORA; POLYGAMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SAMPLER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; UGANDA; UNCIRCUMCISED MEN; VAGINITIS; ACIDAMINOCOCCACEAE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PENIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIALISTER; MOBILUNCUS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOTA; MOBILUNCUS; PENIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UGANDA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; VEILLONELLACEAE;

EID: 84936971811     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00589-15     Document Type: Article

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