Effects of a One Year Reusable Contraceptive Vaginal Ring on Vaginal Microflora and the Risk of Vaginal Infection: An Open-Label Prospective Evaluation

• Yongmei Huang,

  Current Address: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, United States of America

  Affiliation Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, New York, United States of America

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• Ruth B. Merkatz ,

  * E-mail: RMerkatz@popcouncil.org

  Affiliation Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, New York, United States of America

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• Sharon L. Hillier,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh and the Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, United States of America

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• Kevin Roberts,

  Affiliation Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, New York, United States of America

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• Diana L. Blithe,

  Affiliation Contraceptive Discovery and Development Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, United States of America

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• Régine Sitruk-Ware,

  Affiliation Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, New York, United States of America

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• Mitchell D. Creinin

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, United States of America

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