Distribution of GenitalLactobacillusStrains Shared by Female Sex Partners
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- 1 March 2009
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 199 (5) , 680-683
- https://doi.org/10.1086/596632
Abstract
The prevalence of bacterial vaginosis among lesbians is high. We assessed whether unique Lactobacillus strains were shared by female sex partners. CKeywords
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