Lactobacillus-dominated cervicovaginal microbiota associated with reduced HIV/STI prevalence and genital HIV viral load in African women

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  The ISME Journal

• Publication date

  2014-03-06

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/ismej.2014.26PMID 24599071PMCID PMC4139719
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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