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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2020

The Microbiome Composition of a Man's Penis Predicts Incident Bacterial Vaginosis in His Female Sex Partner With High Accuracy.

Supriya D Mehta, Dan Zhao, Stefan J Green, Walter Agingu, Fredrick Otieno, Runa Bhaumik, Dulal Bhaumik, Robert C Bailey

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. HIV Transmission and Immunology of the Male Reproductive Tract.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2026
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  12. Bacterial vaginosis.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025
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  20. Vulvovaginitis in pregnant women.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2024
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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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Supriya D MehtaDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Dan ZhaoDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Stefan J GreenSequencing Core, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Walter AginguNyanza Reproductive Health Society, Kisumu, Kenya.
Fredrick OtienoNyanza Reproductive Health Society, Kisumu, Kenya.
Runa BhaumikDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Dulal BhaumikDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Robert C BaileyDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
University of Illinois Chicago · USNyanza Reproductive Health Society · KE

Funding

The effect of the penile microbiome on BV, GUD, and genital epithelial traumaR01AI110369 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI MEHTA, SUPRIYA DINESH · 2013 to 2017
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NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI110369
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

MicrobiotaVaginosis, BacterialFemaleFusobacteriaHumansKenyaLactobacillusMalePenisProspective StudiesRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSexual PartnersVaginaRNA, Ribosomal, 16Sbacterial vaginosiscircumcisionensemble votingKenyamachine learningpenile microbiomepenile microbiotasynthetic minority oversampling technique

Identifiers

PMID32903746
PMCPMC7438843
OpenAlexW3047605696

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Registered trials

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