Lactobacillus-depleted vaginal microbiota in pregnant women living with hiv-1 infection are associated with increased local inflammation and preterm birth

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• who: Charlotte-Eve S. Short and collaborators from the University of Calgary, Canada have published the research work: Lactobacillus-Depleted Vaginal Microbiota in Pregnant Women Living With HIV-1 Infection Are Associated With Increased Local Inflammation and Preterm Birth, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
• what: The authors show in PWLWH that elevated cervicovaginal proinflammatory cytokines are associated with increased vaginal bacterial diversity and richness as well as the relative abundance of specific BV-associated pathobionts including G. vaginalis, Atopobium, Dialister, Prevotella, and Sneathia species and the number of polymorphonuclear leucocytes, most likely neutrophils. The authors report . . .
  

   

  

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