The vaginal microbiota of pregnant women who subsequently have spontaneous preterm labor and delivery and those with a normal delivery at term

R Romero, SS Hassan, P Gajer, AL Tarca, DW Fadrosh… - Microbiome, 2014 - Springer
Background This study was undertaken to determine whether the vaginal microbiota of
pregnant women who subsequently had a spontaneous preterm delivery is different from …

Vaginal microbiome in early pregnancy and subsequent risk of spontaneous preterm birth: a case–control study

N Tabatabaei, AM Eren, LB Barreiro… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To explore differences in the vaginal microbiome between preterm and term
deliveries. Design Nested case–control study in 3D cohort (design, develop, discover) …

The composition and stability of the vaginal microbiota of normal pregnant women is different from that of non-pregnant women

R Romero, SS Hassan, P Gajer, AL Tarca, DW Fadrosh… - Microbiome, 2014 - Springer
Background This study was undertaken to characterize the vaginal microbiota throughout
normal human pregnancy using sequence-based techniques. We compared the vaginal …

Influence of pregnancy history on the vaginal microbiome of pregnant women in their first trimester

D Nasioudis, LJ Forney, GM Schneider, K Gliniewicz… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Pregnancy permanently alters maternal anatomy, physiology and immunity. We evaluated if
the vaginal microbiome differed between women with a first or subsequent conception …

Ecological succession in the vaginal microbiota during pregnancy and birth

MA Rasmussen, J Thorsen… - The ISME …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The mother's vaginal microbiota represents the first microbes to which a child is exposed
when delivered vaginally. However, little is known about the composition and development …

The vaginal microbiome during pregnancy and the postpartum period in a European population

DA MacIntyre, M Chandiramani, YS Lee, L Kindinger… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
The composition and structure of the pregnancy vaginal microbiome may influence
susceptibility to adverse pregnancy outcomes. Studies on the pregnant vaginal microbiome …

Changes in the vaginal microbiome during the pregnancy to postpartum transition

KL Nunn, SS Witkin, GM Schneider, A Boester… - Reproductive …, 2021 - Springer
Substantial changes in the composition of the vaginal microbiome occur following the end of
pregnancy. To identify potential drivers of microbiome changes in individual women during …

Vaginal microbiome composition in early pregnancy and risk of spontaneous preterm and early term birth among African American women

AL Dunlop, GA Satten, YJ Hu, AK Knight… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objective To evaluate the association between the early pregnancy vaginal microbiome and
spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) and early term birth (sETB) among African American …

Pregnancy's stronghold on the vaginal microbiome

MRS Walther-António, P Jeraldo, ME Berg Miller… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Objective To assess the vaginal microbiome throughout full-term uncomplicated pregnancy.
Methods Vaginal swabs were obtained from twelve pregnant women at 8-week intervals …

Increased richness and diversity of the vaginal microbiota and spontaneous preterm birth

AC Freitas, A Bocking, JE Hill, DM Money… - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
Background The bacterial community present in the female lower genital tract plays an
important role in maternal and neonatal health. Imbalances in this microbiota have been …