Incident Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) in Women Who Have Sex With Women Is Associated With Behaviors That Suggest Sexual Transmission of BV | Zendy

Lenka A. Vodstrcil | Zendy; Sandra Walker | Zendy; Jane S. Hocking | Zendy; Matthew Law | Zendy; Dana S. Forcey | Zendy; Glenda Fehler | Zendy; Jade Bilardi | Zendy; Marcus Y. Chen | Zendy; Katherine Fethers | Zendy; Christopher K. Fairley | Zendy; Catriona S. Bradshaw | Zendy

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Incident Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) in Women Who Have Sex With Women Is Associated With Behaviors That Suggest Sexual Transmission of BV

Author(s) -

Lenka A. Vodstrcil,

Sandra Walker,

Jane S. Hocking,

Matthew Law,

Dana S. Forcey,

Glenda Fehler,

Jade Bilardi,

Marcus Y. Chen,

Katherine Fethers,

Christopher K. Fairley,

Catriona S. Bradshaw

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu1130

Subject(s) - bacterial vaginosis , medicine , incidence (geometry) , transmission (telecommunications) , cohort , cohort study , obstetrics , sexual transmission , demography , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gynecology , immunology , physics , electrical engineering , microbicide , sociology , optics , engineering

Female same-sex partnerships provide a unique opportunity to study the pathogenesis and transmissibility of bacterial vaginosis (BV) because it can be diagnosed in both members of the partnership. We conducted a nationwide community-enrolled cohort study of women who have sex with women, including women coenrolled with their regular female sexual partner (FSP), to investigate the BV incidence rate and factors associated with incident BV.

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