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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2018

Cultivated Human Vaginal Microbiome Communities Impact Zika and Herpes Simplex Virus Replication in

Megan H Amerson-Brown, Aaron L Miller, Carrie A Maxwell, Mellodee M White, Kathleen L Vincent, Nigel Bourne, Richard B Pyles

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Zika virus infection in the genital tract of non-pregnant females: a systematic review.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2020
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  2. Engineered Tissue Models to Decode Host-Microbiota Interactions.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  9. Female reproductive tract microbiome and early miscarriages.APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica · 2023
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  10. Use of probiotic lactobacilli in the treatment of vaginal infections:Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Megan H Amerson-BrownGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States.
Aaron L MillerDepartment of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States.
Carrie A MaxwellDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States.
Mellodee M WhiteDepartment of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States.
Kathleen L VincentDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States.
Nigel BourneDepartment of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States.
Richard B PylesDepartment of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

UTMB Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR001439 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI URBAN, RANDALL J · 2015 to 2024
$40.0M
Systematic Development of Antiretroviral Intravaginal Rings for HIV PreventionU19AI113048 · NIAID · OAK CREST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE · PI BAUM, MARC MICHAEL · 2014 to 2018
$18.4M
Ex Vivo Model for Assessing the Vaginal Disposition of PrEP AntiretroviralsR01AI100744 · NIAID · OAK CREST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE · PI BAUM, MARC MICHAEL · 2012 to 2014
$1.3M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001439NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI100744NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI113048
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human vaginal microbiome (VMB) is a complex bacterial community that interacts closely with vaginal epithelial cells (VECs) impacting the mucosal phenotype and its responses to pathogenic insults. The VMB and VEC relationship includes nutrient exchange and regulation of signaling molecules that controls numerous host functions and defends against invading pathogens. To better understand infection and replication of sexually transmitted viral pathogens in the human vaginal mucosa we used our

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herpes simplex virus type 2vaginal microbiomevaginal mucosawomen’s healthZika virus

Identifiers

PMID30692980
PMCPMC6340164
OpenAlexW2908636123

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