Bacterial vaginosis: risk factors among Kenyan women and their male partners

EA Bukusi, CR Cohen, AS Meier… - Sexually transmitted …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To simultaneously examine associations of bacterial vaginosis (BV) with
potential risk factors in both the female and her male partner. Study Design: We recruited …

A prospective study of risk factors for bacterial vaginosis in HIV-1-seronegative African women

RS McClelland, BA Richardson… - Sexually transmitted …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Background: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is common and has been associated with increased
HIV-1 susceptibility. The objective of this study was to identify risk factors for BV in African …

Bacterial vaginosis and intravaginal practices: association with HIV.

ME Mbizvo, SE Musya, B Stray-Pedersen… - The Central African …, 2004 - europepmc.org
Bacterial vaginosis and intravaginal practices: association with HIV. - Abstract - Europe PMC
Sign in | Create an account https://orcid.org Europe PMC Menu About Tools Developers Help …

Bacterial vaginosis among women at high risk for HIV in Uganda: high rate of recurrent diagnosis despite treatment

SC Francis, C Looker, J Vandepitte… - Sexually transmitted …, 2016 - sti.bmj.com
Objectives Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is associated with increased risk for sexually transmitted
infections (STIs) and HIV acquisition. This study describes the epidemiology of BV in a …

Bacterial vaginosis in women of low socioeconomic status living in slum areas in Chennai, India

S Uma, P Balakrishnan, KG Murugavel… - Sexual …, 2006 - CSIRO Publishing
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common cause of vaginitis among women of childbearing age.
This study was performed to investigate the prevalence of BV and its association with …

Bacterial vaginosis in female sex workers in Chennai, India

S Uma, P Balakrishnan, KG Murugavel… - Sexual …, 2005 - CSIRO Publishing
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) causes obstetric and gynaecological complications and non-
chlamydial/non-gonococcal pelvic inflammatory disease and has been shown to be …

Early sexual experiences and risk factors for bacterial vaginosis

KA Fethers, CK Fairley, A Morton… - The Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background We have undertaken a cross-sectional study that investigates the association
between bacterial vaginosis (BV) and sexual practices in sexually experienced and …

Bacterial vaginosis and susceptibility to HIV infection in South African women: a nested case-control study

L Myer, L Denny, R Telerant, M de Souza… - The Journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Background Bacterial vaginosis (BV) may increase women's susceptibility to HIV infection,
but there are few prospective data Methods During follow-up for up to 36 months, 86 new …

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) and the risk of incident gonococcal or chlamydial genital infection in a predominantly black population

RB Ness, KE Kip, DE Soper, S Hillier… - Sexually transmitted …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess in prospective data whether bacterial
vaginosis (BV) is associated with gonococcal/chlamydial cervicitis. Study: A total of 1179 …

Race of male sex partners and occurrence of bacterial vaginosis

MA Klebanoff, WW Andrews, J Zhang… - Sexually transmitted …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Background: Whether bacterial vaginosis (BV) is sexually transmitted is uncertain. Also it is
unknown why BV is approximately twice as prevalent among black as among white women …