The association between ethnicity and vaginal microbiota composition in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 7; p. e0181135
• Main Authors: Borgdorff, Hanneke, van der Veer, Charlotte, van Houdt, Robin, Alberts, Catharina J, de Vries, Henry J, Bruisten, Sylvia M, Snijder, Marieke B, Prins, Maria, Geerlings, Suzanne E, Schim van der Loeff, Maarten F, van de Wijgert, Janneke H H M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 11.07.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Bacteria; Bifidobacterium - genetics; Bifidobacterium - physiology; Bioinformatics; Biology and Life Sciences; Composition; Confidence intervals; Contraception; Corynebacterium - genetics; Corynebacterium - physiology; Cytokines; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Disease control; DNA; Enterobacteriaceae - genetics; Enterobacteriaceae - physiology; Ethnicity; Female; Health aspects; Health care; Health services; Human papillomavirus; Humans; Infections; Infectious diseases; Internal medicine; Laboratories; Lactobacilli; Lactobacillus - genetics; Lactobacillus - physiology; Medicine and Health Sciences; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Microbiota - genetics; Microbiota - physiology; Minority & ethnic groups; Netherlands; Nucleotide sequence; People and Places; Phylogenetics; Population studies; Pregnancy; Proteus - genetics; Proteus - physiology; Public health; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; rRNA 16S; Sociodemographics; Staphylococcus - genetics; Staphylococcus - physiology; Streptococcus - genetics; Streptococcus - physiology; Studies; Teaching hospitals; Vagina; Vagina - microbiology; Vaginosis; Women's health; Womens health; Young Adult; Netherlands

To evaluate whether ethnicity is independently associated with vaginal microbiota (VMB) composition in women living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as has been shown for American women. Women (18-34 years, non-pregnant, N = 610) representing the six largest ethnic groups (Dutch, African Surinamese, S...