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Contraceptive rings promote vaginal lactobacilli in a high bacterial vaginosis prevalence population: A randomised, open-label longitudinal study in Rwandan women
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Hormonal contraception has been associated with a reduced risk of vaginal dysbiosis, which in turn has been associated with reduced prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. Vaginal rings are used or developed as delivery systems for contraceptive hormones and antimicrobial drugs for STI and HIV prevention or treatment. We hypothesized that a contraceptive vaginal ring (CVR) containing oestrogen enhances a lactobacilli-dominated vaginal micro...
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- Published
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- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1371/journal.pone.0201003
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- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science
- Journal:
- PLoS One More from this journal
- Volume:
- 13
- Issue:
- 7
- Pages:
- e0201003
- Publication date:
- 2018-07-23
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-07-04
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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30036385
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English
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pubs:892196
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- 2018
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- © 2018 Crucitti et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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