Young African females are at an increased risk of HIV acquisition, and genital inflammation
or the vaginal microbiome may contribute to this risk. We studied these factors in 168 HIV-…

The economic and humanistic impact of COVID-19 pandemic is enormous globally. No
definitive treatment exists, hence accelerated development and approval of COVID-19 vaccines, …

… Therefore, in the present study, we prioritized evaluating the ACF model’s efficacy to detect
… Fourth, GeneXpert’s utility might be negated by false-positive readouts within those with …

Objectives Vaginal dysbiosis and STIs are important drivers of the HIV epidemic and
reproductive complications. These conditions remain prevalent, partly because most cases are …

The objectives of the study were to investigate prevalence of cervical human papillomavirus
(HPV) genotypes to inform HPV vaccination strategy in South Africa and to study factors …

Adolescents in Africa are at high risk for HIV infection, other sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
and bacterial vaginosis (BV). Since behavior and burden of STIs/BV may influence HIV …

Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 aerosol remains contentious. Importantly, whether
cough or breath-generated bioaerosols can harbor viable and replicating virus remains largely …

Antibiotics continue to be the standard-of-care for bacterial vaginosis (BV), although recurrence
rates are high. Vaginal probiotics may improve durability of BV treatment, although few …

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… ’s Chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test (when the expected value was <5) for count data and
unpaired Student’s t … Multivariate logistic regression analyses with Tukey’s post hoc testing …