A new hypothesis on BV etiology: dichotomous and crisscrossing categorization of complex versus simple on healthy versus BV vaginal microbiomes

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ABSTRACT It has been estimated that bacterial vaginosis (BV) influences as many as one-third of women, but its etiology remains unclear. A traditionally held view is that dominance by Lactobacillus is the hallmark of a healthy vaginal microbiome (VM) and lack of dominance may make women BV-prone. A more recent characterization is that the human VMs can be classified into five major types, four of which possess...

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