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Comprehensive profiling of the vaginal microbiome in HIV positive women using massive parallel semiconductor sequencing.
Scientific reports - 18 Mar 2014
Ameur Adam, Meiring Tracy L, Bunikis Ignas, Häggqvist Susana, Lindau Cecilia, Lindberg Julia Hedlund, Gustavsson Inger, Mbulawa Zizipho Z A, Williamson Anna-Lise, Gyllensten Ulf
Abstract excerpt
Infections by HIV increase the risk of acquiring secondary viral and bacterial infections and methods are needed to determine the spectrum of co-infections for proper treatment. We used rolling circle amplification (RCA) and Ion Proton sequencing to investigate the vaginal microbiome of 20 HIV positive women from South Africa. A total of 46 different human papillomavirus (HPV) types were found, many of which are...
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