Vaginal microbiota and human papillomavirus infection among young Swedish women

• Published in: NPJ biofilms and microbiomes Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 39
• Main Authors: Cheng, Liqin, Norenhag, Johanna, Hu, Yue O. O., Brusselaers, Nele, Fransson, Emma, Ährlund-Richter, Andreas, Guðnadóttir, Unnur, Angelidou, Pia, Zha, Yinghua, Hamsten, Marica, Schuppe-Koistinen, Ina, Olovsson, Matts, Engstrand, Lars, Du, Juan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 12.10.2020
• Subjects: 631/326/2521; 631/326/2565/2134; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Life Sciences; Medical Microbiology; Microbial Ecology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Microbiology

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases. To define the HPV-associated microbial community among a high vaccination coverage population, we carried out a cross-sectional study with 345 young Swedish women. The microbial composition and its associat...