Journal article
Incident Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) in women who have sex with women is associated with behaviors that suggest sexual transmission of BV
LA Vodstrcil, SM Walker, JS Hocking, M Law, DS Forcey, G Fehler, JE Bilardi, MY Chen, KA Fethers, CK Fairley, CS Bradshaw
Clinical Infectious Diseases | Published : 2015
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu1130
Abstract
Background. Female same-sex partnerships provide a unique opportunity to study the pathogenesis and transmissibility of bacterial vaginosis (BV) because it can be diagnosed in both members of the partnership. We conducted a nationwide community-enrolled cohort study of women who have sex with women, including women coenrolled with their regular female sexual partner (FSP), to investigate the BV incidence rate and factors associated with incident BV. Methods. Women who have sex with women, without prevalent BV in a cross-sectional study, were enrolled in a 24-month cohort study involving 3-monthly questionnaires and self-collected vaginal swabs that were scored by the Nugent method. We assess..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (program grant APP57431; Early Career Development grant ERC1013135 to J. E. B.; and fellowship grant APP566576 to J. S. H.). This work was also supported by a Lesbian Health Research Grant from the Australian Lesbian Medical Association in 2007 and the AIDS Council of New South Wales.