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ArticleFrontiers in reproductive health2024

Knowledge and perceptions of blood donors of the Western Cape Blood Services, South Africa, toward vaginal sample donation for biobanking.

Shantelle Claassen-Weitz, Brian Kullin, Elloise du Toit, Sugnet Gardner-Lubbe, Jo-Ann S Passmore, Heather Jaspan, Anna-Ursula Happel, Greg Bellairs, Caroline Hilton, Anika Chicken and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in reproductive health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Awareness of the Vaginal Microbiome and Willingness to Undergo Vaginal Microbiota Transplant.Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Shantelle Claassen-Weitz *Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Brian Kullin *Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Elloise du ToitDivision of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Sugnet Gardner-LubbeCentre for Multi-dimensional Data Visualisation (MuViSU), Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Jo-Ann S PassmoreFaculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Infectious Disease & Molecular Medicine (IDM), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Heather JaspanFaculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Infectious Disease & Molecular Medicine (IDM), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Anna-Ursula HappelFaculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Infectious Disease & Molecular Medicine (IDM), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Greg BellairsWestern Cape Blood Service, Cape Town, South Africa.
Caroline HiltonWestern Cape Blood Service, Cape Town, South Africa.
Anika ChickenDivision of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Kirsten WelpDivision of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Hannah LivingstoneDivision of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Adrian BrinkDivision of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Depletion of Methods: Here, we investigated knowledge and perceptions of blood donors to the concept of an optimal vaginal microbiome and VMT via the Western Cape Blood Service (WCBS) clinics in Cape Town, South Africa, by a self-administered questionnaire. Results & discussion: Analysis of responses from 106 eligible women showed that 86% (91/106) would consider donating samples. Responses significantly associated with willingness to donate vaginal samples included: (1) belief that helping others outweighs the inconvenience of donating vaginal sample (

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blood donorsmicrobiomevaginalvaginal donorsvaginal microbiota transplant

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PMID39665033
PMCPMC11631888

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