ArticleTransgender health2024
The Vaginal Microbiome of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Individuals.
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- Special Issue: New Horizons in HIV and Reproductive Health Research: HIV Acquisition and Reproductive Health in Key Populations.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2026Review
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- Microbiota, Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy, and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Transgender Women with HIV: Potential Implications for Cardiovascular Disease.Transgender health · 2026Article
- Microbial community structure and source contribution to the early neovaginal microbiota following penile inversion vaginoplasty.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
- The neovaginal microbiota, symptoms, and local immune correlates in transfeminine individuals with penile inversion vaginoplasty.Cell reports · 2025Article
- Exploring the vaginal ecosystem: insights into host-microbe interactions and microbial community dynamics.Infection and immunity · 2025Review
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Abstract
Purpose: The goal of this preliminary study is to describe the vaginal microbiome of transgender and gender nonbinary (TGNB) individuals using nonculture-based techniques. TGNB individuals may undergo gender-affirming surgical procedures, which can include the creation of a neovagina. Little is known about microbial species that comprise this environment in states of health or disease. Methods: In this pilot study, vaginal swabs were self-collected from 15 healthy self-identified TGNB participants (age 26-69 years) and 8 cisgender comparator participants (age 27-50 years) between 2017 and 2018. Next-generation 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing was used to profile individual bacterial communities from all study samples. Results: The TGNB cohort demonstrated significantly higher intraindividual (alpha) diversity than the cisgender group ( Conclusion: In this study, specimens collected from neovaginas showed increased alpha diversity and substantially different composition compared with natal vaginas. In contrast to natal vaginas, neovaginas were not dominated by
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