Open AccessFactors Associated With the Recurrence, Persistence, and Clearance of Asymptomatic Bacterial Vaginosis Among Young African American Women: A Repeated-Measures Latent Class Analysis
Author(s) -
Makella Coudray,
Diana M. Sheehan,
Tan Li,
Robert L. Cook,
Jane R. Schwebke,
Purnima Madhivanan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000001256
Subject(s) - bacterial vaginosis , medicine , persistence (discontinuity) , asymptomatic , latent class model , gynecology , statistics , mathematics , geotechnical engineering , engineering
Although risk factors of recurrent and persistent bacterial vaginosis (BV) have been explored in the literature, the longitudinal incidence patterns of BV remain elusive.