Cervical HSV-2 infection causes cervical remodeling and increases risk for ascending infection and preterm birth

• Devin McGee,

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

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States of America

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• Arianna Smith,

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

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0025-3932

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• Sharra Poncil,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States of America

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• Amanda Patterson,

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

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States of America

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• Alison I. Bernstein,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Translational Science and Molecular Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5589-4318

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• Karen Racicot

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Karen.racicot@hc.msu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2887-2543

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