Interpreting the epidemiology and natural history of bacterial vaginosis: are we still confused?

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Published in Anaerobe on April 16, 2011

Authors

Jeanne M Marrazzo1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, 98104, United States. jmm2@uw.edu

Associated clinical trials:

A Study of the New Medical Device Polybactum® (POLARIS) | NCT02863536

Diagnosing Bacterial Vaginosis/Vaginitis (BV) Using the Gynecologene Test Method (SAGE) | NCT02558179

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