Molecular Identification of Cervical Microbes in HIV-Negative and HIV-Positive Women in an African Setting Using a Customized Bacterial Vaginosis Microbial DNA Quantitative PCR (qPCR) Array-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Molecular Identification of Cervical Microbes in HIV-Negative and HIV-Positive Women in an African Setting Using a Customized Bacterial Vaginosis Microbial DNA Quantitative PCR (qPCR) Array

Published:2022-06-29 Issue:3 Volume:10 Page:
ISSN:2165-0497
Container-title:Microbiology Spectrum
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Spectr

Author:

Taku Ongeziwe¹²³,Onywera Harris¹²⁴⁵^ORCID,Mbulawa Zizipho Z. A.¹⁶⁷⁸,Businge Charles B.⁹¹⁰,Meiring Tracy L.¹²,Williamson Anna-Lise¹²⁵

Affiliation:

1. Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

2. Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

3. Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses (CHARM), National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

4. Research, Innovations, and Academics Unit, Tunacare Services Health Providers Limited, Nairobi, Kenya

5. Research and Innovation, Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya

6. UCT-MRC Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

7. National Health Laboratory Service, Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital, Mthatha, South Africa

8. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa

9. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital, Mthatha, South Africa

10. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa

Abstract

Bacterial vaginosis (BV), whose etiology remains a matter of controversy, is a common vaginal disorder among reproductive-age women and can increase the risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). African women bear a disproportionately high burden of STIs and BV.

Funder

South African Medical Research Council-FORTE

University of Cape Town Postgraduate Publication Incentive

University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

National Research Foundation Postdoctoral Grantholder Bursary

National Research Foundation

Poliomyelitis Research Foundation

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology

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