Vaginal Microbiome Research Consortium for Africa: study protocol of a multicentre prospective clinical study to evaluate temporal vaginal microbial composition associated with maintenance of reproductive health in women in South Africa and Kenya

Vaginal Microbiome Research Consortium for Africa: study protocol of a multicentre prospective clinical study to evaluate temporal vaginal microbial composition associated with maintenance of reproductive health in women in South Africa and Kenya

Introduction The Vaginal Microbiome Research Consortium for Africa (VMRC4Africa) study is a multicentre observational cohort study. We aim to enrol parallel cohorts of 100 women from two sites in two African countries (N=200) (Desmond Tutu HIV Centre [DTHC], South Africa; Kenya Medical Research Inst...

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Autors principals: Jacques Ravel, Linda-Gail Bekker, Heather Jaspan, Pauline Wekesa, Anna-Ursula Happel, Katherine Gill, Tanya Pidwell, Nicola Mulder, Karabo Mahlangu, Shantelle Claassen-Weitz, Rhoda Otieno, Yacoeb Ganief, Rezeen Daniels, Anda Madikida, Brian Ronald Kullin, Serah Gitome, Mellissa Lefevre, James Ochieng, Lydia Awili, Winnie Agolla, Amos Mutharimi, Anika Chicken, Kirsten Welp, Hannah Livingstone, Caleb Swanepoel, Pride Kanyoka, Michael Humphrys, Lisa Bilski, Elizabeth Anne Bukusi, Jo-Ann Shelley Passmore
Format: Article
Idioma:English
Publicat: BMJ Publishing Group 2025-02-01
Col·lecció:BMJ Open
Accés en línia:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/2/e090938.full

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