The influence of sexual activity on the vaginal microbiota and Gardnerella vaginalis clade diversity in young women

• Lenka A. Vodstrcil ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lenka A. Vodstrcil, Jimmy Twin

  * E-mail: lvodstrcil@mshc.org.au

  Affiliations Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Carlton, Melbourne, Australia, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

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• Jimmy Twin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lenka A. Vodstrcil, Jimmy Twin

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

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• Suzanne M. Garland,

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

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• Christopher K. Fairley,

  Affiliations Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Carlton, Melbourne, Australia, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

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• Jane S. Hocking,

  Affiliation Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria

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• Matthew G. Law,

  Affiliation The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Darlinghurst, Australia

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• Erica L. Plummer,

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

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• Katherine A. Fethers,

  Affiliation Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Carlton, Melbourne, Australia

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• Eric P. F. Chow,

  Affiliations Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Carlton, Melbourne, Australia, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

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• Sepehr N. Tabrizi ,

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors this work.

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Microbiology, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

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• Catriona S. Bradshaw

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors this work.

  Affiliations Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Carlton, Melbourne, Australia, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria

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