Articlenpj women's health2025
Common cervicovaginal sequencing methods result in discordant molecular diagnoses of bacterial vaginosis and reveal strain level effects of
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- Association BetweenMicroorganisms · 2026Article
- Host-microbe interactions characterized by gene expression of cervical adhesion molecules, cytokines, and growth factors define the recurrence of bacterial vaginosis.Research square · 2025Article
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Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is associated with HIV transmission and pre-term birth, yet the etiology of BV remains unknown. Our analysis addressed that knowledge gap by comparing diagnostic techniques and using Bayesian inference to find species-specific associations with clinical indicators. We also assessed the effect of sequencing methodology on the results of molecular BV profiling. We observed significant differences in microbial diversity within BV-associated CSTs based on clinical diagnosis. CST assignments were substantially influenced by sequencing methodology, with concordance between methods as low as 59% for metatranscriptomic and metataxonomic-based CST assignment. We also found that
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