Vaginal Microbiome Research Consortium for Africa: study protocol of a multicentre prospective clinical study to evaluate temporal vaginal microbial composition associated with maintenance of reproductive health in women in South Africa and Kenya

Kullin, Brian; Gitome, Serah; Happel, Anna‐Ursula; Pidwell, Tanya; Lefevre, Mellissa; Madikida, Anda; Wekesa, Pauline; Mahlangu, Karabo; Ochieng, James; Awili, Lydia; Agolla, Winnie; Otieno, Rhoda; Mutharimi, Amos; Ganief, Yacoeb; Daniels, Rezeen; Chicken, Anika; Welp, Kirsten; Livingstone, Hannah; Swanepoel, Caleb; Claassen-Weitz, Shantelle; Kanyoka, Pride; Ravel, Jacques; S. Humphrys, Michael; Bilski, Lisa; Mulder, Nicola; Bekker, Linda‐Gail; Gill, Katherine; B. Jaspan, Heather; A. Bukusi, Elizabeth; S. Passmore, Jo‐Ann

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090938

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Vaginal Microbiome Research Consortium for Africa: study protocol of a multicentre prospective clinical study to evaluate temporal vaginal microbial composition associated with maintenance of reproductive health in women in South Africa and Kenya

Published in BMJ Open • Feb 1, 2025

Authors:

Brian Kullin

Serah Gitome

Anna‐Ursula Happel

Abstract

Introduction The Vaginal Microbiome Research Consortium for Africa (VMRC4Africa) study is a multicentre observational cohort study. We aim to enrol parallel cohorts of 100 women from two sites in two African countries (N=200) (Desmond Tutu HIV Centre [DTHC], South Africa; Kenya Medical Research Inst...

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Medicine

Bacterial vaginosis

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