Prevalent and Incident Bacterial Vaginosis Are Associated with Sexual and Contraceptive Behaviours in Young Australian Women

Catriona S Bradshaw; Jennifer Walker; Christopher K Fairley; Marcus Y Chen; Sepehr N Tabrizi; Basil Donovan; John M Kaldor; Kathryn McNamee; Eve Urban; Sandra Walker; Marian Currie; Hudson Birden; Francis Bowden; Suzanne Garland; Marie Pirotta; Lyle Gurrin; Jane S Hocking

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Prevalent and Incident Bacterial Vaginosis Are Associated with Sexual and Contraceptive Behaviours in Young Australian Women

Catriona S Bradshaw, Jennifer Walker, Christopher K Fairley, Marcus Y Chen, Sepehr N Tabrizi, Basil Donovan, John M Kaldor, Kathryn McNamee, Eve Urban, Sandra Walker, Marian Currie, Hudson Birden, Francis Bowden, Suzanne Garland, Marie Pirotta, Lyle Gurrin, Jane S Hocking

PLOS ONE | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057688

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Lyle Gurrin Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Catriona Bradshaw Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Marie Pirotta Author General Practice

Sepehr Tabrizi Author Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy

Jane Hocking Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Commonwealth of Australia, as part of a National Chlamydia Pilot Program and the Australian National Health and Research Council (research grant number 509144). CSB, and JSH were supported by research fellowships issued by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (fellowship numbers 456164 and 566576 respectively). MP was supported by a Primary Health Care Research Evaluation and Development Mid-Career Fellowship, Department of Health and Aging. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.