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| Title |
Quantification of bacterial species of the vaginal microbiome in different groups of women, using nucleic acid amplification tests
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| Published in |
BMC Microbiology, May 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2180-12-83 |
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| Authors |
Vicky Jespers, Joris Menten, Hilde Smet, Sabrina Poradosú, Saïd Abdellati, Rita Verhelst, Liselotte Hardy, Anne Buvé, Tania Crucitti |
| Abstract |
The vaginal microbiome plays an important role in urogenital health. Quantitative real time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) assays for the most prevalent vaginal Lactobacillus species and bacterial vaginosis species G. vaginalis and A. vaginae exist, but qPCR information regarding variation over time is still very limited. We set up qPCR assays for a selection of seven species and defined the temporal variation over three menstrual cycles in a healthy Caucasian population with a normal Nugent score. We also explored differences in qPCR data between these healthy women and an 'at risk' clinic population of Caucasian, African and Asian women with and without bacterial vaginosis (BV), as defined by the Nugent score. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
| Chile | 1 | 25% |
| Spain | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Scientists | 2 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 215 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| South Africa | 2 | <1% |
| Slovenia | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Estonia | 1 | <1% |
| Madagascar | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 206 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 41 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 30 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 4% |
| Other | 32 | 15% |
| Unknown | 49 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 44 | 20% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 44 | 20% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 30 | 14% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 20 | 9% |
| Engineering | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 18 | 8% |
| Unknown | 54 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 May 2012.
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#14,278,325
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#1,212
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#98,174
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Microbiology
#17
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