Association between statin use, the vaginal microbiome, and Gardnerella vaginalis vaginolysin-mediated cytotoxicity

• Abdallah A. Abdelmaksoud,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Philippe H. Girerd,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Erin M. Garcia,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• J. Paul Brooks,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Lauren M. Leftwich,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Nihar U. Sheth,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: DNAnexus Incorporated, Mountain View, California, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Steven P. Bradley,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Myrna G. Serrano,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Jennifer M. Fettweis,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Bernice Huang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Jerome F. Strauss III,

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

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Gregory A. Buck,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Kimberly K. Jefferson

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: kimberly.jefferson@vcuhealth.org

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1052-1988

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