Journal article
Low incidence of bacterial vaginosis in cohort of young Australian women
KA Fethers, CK Fairley, A Morton, JS Hocking, G Fehler, LJ Kennedy, CS Bradshaw
Sexually Transmitted Diseases | Published : 2011
Abstract
Cohort study of incident bacterial vaginosis (BV) in Australian students. BV only occurred in vaginally sexually active women (BV incidence = 2.2 [95% confidence interval, 0.8-4.9]/100 woman-years), and no incident BV occurred in women who did not engage in vaginal sex during the cohort period (0 [95% confidence interval, 0-3.2]/100 woman-years), P = 0.10. In university students, incident BV was uncommon and absent in sexually abstinent women. Copyright © 2011 American Sexually Transmitted Diseases All rights reserved.
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Funding Acknowledgements
Supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Fellowship scheme (K.F., C.B., and J.H.) and L'Oreal Australia Women in Science Fellowship (C.B.).