Prevalence, risk factors and adverse pregnancy outcomes of second trimester bacterial vaginosis among pregnant women in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Guy Mulinganya ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: guymuling@gmail.com

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7474-4772

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• Annelies De Vulder,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Ghislain Bisimwa,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo

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• Jerina Boelens,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Medical Microbiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

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• Geert Claeys,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Karen De Keyser,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Daniel De Vos,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Burn Wound Center, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

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• Erick Hendwa,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo

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• Freddy Kampara,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo

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• Yvette Kujirakwinja,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo

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• Jules Mongane,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo

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• Innocent Mubalama,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo

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• Mario Vaneechoutte,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Steven Callens,

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

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Piet Cools

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

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2980-5307

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