Composition of the vaginal microbiota in women of reproductive age--sensitive and specific molecular diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis is possible?

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Published in PLoS One on April 09, 2013

Authors

Elena Shipitsyna1, Annika Roos, Raluca Datcu, Anders Hallén, Hans Fredlund, Jørgen S Jensen, Lars Engstrand, Magnus Unemo

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Microbiology, D. O. Ott Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saint Petersburg, Russia. magnus.unemo@orebroll.se

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