Analysis of bacterial vaginosis, the vaginal microbiome, and sexually transmitted infections following the provision of menstrual cups in Kenyan schools: Results of a nested study within a cluster randomized controlled trial

• Supriya D. Mehta ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Supriyad@uic.edu

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Disease Medicine, Rush University College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7926-2489

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• Garazi Zulaika,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1452-6225

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• Walter Agingu,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nyanza Reproductive Health Society, Kisumu, Kenya

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• Elizabeth Nyothach,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0904-9081

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• Runa Bhaumik,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Stefan J. Green,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Genomics and Microbiome Core Facility, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Anna Maria van Eijk,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1635-1289

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• Daniel Kwaro,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

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• Fredrick Otieno,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nyanza Reproductive Health Society, Kisumu, Kenya

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• Penelope Phillips-Howard

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1018-116X

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