Women's views and experiences of the triggers for onset of bacterial vaginosis and exacerbating factors associated with recurrence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Bilardi, Jade ^a,b,c   Walker, Sandra ^a,c   Mooney Somers, Julie ^d   Temple Smith, Meredith ^b   McNair, Ruth ^b   Bellhouse, Clare ^a,c   Fairley, Christopher ^a,c   Chen, Marcus ^a,c   Bradshaw, Catriona ^a,c,e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REINFECTION; SELF ESTEEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUAL PRACTICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VAGINITIS; WOMEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH WOMEN; LESBIANISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960863828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150272     Document Type: Article

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