Association between vaginal washing and detection of Lactobacillus by culture and quantitative PCR in HIV-seronegative Kenyan women: a cross-sectional analysis

Erica M Lokken; Griffins Odhiambo Manguro; Amina Abdallah; Caroline Ngacha; Juma Shafi; James Kiarie; Walter Jaoko; Sujatha Srinivasan; Tina L Fiedler; Matthew M Munch; David N Fredricks; R Scott McClelland; Jennifer E Balkus

doi:10.1136/sextrans-2018-053769

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Association between vaginal washing and detection of Lactobacillus by culture and quantitative PCR in HIV-seronegative Kenyan women: a cross-sectional analysis

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Erica M Lokken Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Griffins Odhiambo Manguro Institute of Tropical & Infectious Diseases, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Amina Abdallah Institute of Tropical & Infectious Diseases, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Caroline Ngacha Institute of Tropical & Infectious Diseases, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Juma Shafi Institute of Tropical & Infectious Diseases, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
James Kiarie Institute of Tropical & Infectious Diseases, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Walter Jaoko Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sujatha Srinivasan Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tina L Fiedler Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Matthew M Munch Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David N Fredricks Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
R Scott McClelland Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Institute of Tropical & Infectious Diseases, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jennifer E Balkus Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Ms Erica M Lokken, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98102, USA; elokken{at}uw.edu

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Lokken EM, Manguro GO, Abdallah A, et al

Association between vaginal washing and detection of Lactobacillus by culture and quantitative PCR in HIV-seronegative Kenyan women: a cross-sectional analysis

Sexually Transmitted Infections 2019;95:455-461.

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Received July 13, 2018
Revised December 6, 2018
Accepted January 4, 2019
First published January 29, 2019.

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August 20, 2019

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