Comparative analysis of vaginal microbiota sampling using menstrual cups and high vaginal swabs in pregnant women living with HIV-1 infection
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DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1190160
Abstract: Background Menstrual cups (MCs) are increasingly used to collect cervicovaginal secretions to characterise vaginal mucosal immunology, in conjunction with high vaginal swabs (HVS) for metataxonomics, particularly in HIV transmission studies. We hypothesised that both methods… read more here.
Keywords: menstrual cups; vaginal swabs; hvs; 16s rrna ... See more keywords