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Selection, phenotyping and identification of acid and hydrogen peroxide producing bacteria from vaginal samples of Canadian and East African women.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Schellenberg John J, Dumonceaux Tim J, Hill Janet E, Kimani Joshua, Jaoko Walter, Wachihi Charles, Mungai Jane Njeri, Lane Margo, Fowke Keith R, Ball T Blake, Plummer Francis A
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The common but poorly understood condition known as bacterial vaginosis (BV) increases vulnerability to HIV infection and is associated with the absence of H(2)O(2)-producing Lactobacillus. Vaginal lactic acid bacteria (LAB) produce anti-HIV factors such as organic acids and hydrogen peroxide (H(...
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