CknowledgmentsThis work was financed by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), call 14/2012, process 473708/2012-4. The funding agency had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Author ContributionsConceived and designed the experiments: RRO LPF ECM TAFM. Performed the experiments: RRO TAFM. Analyzed the data: RRO ECM LPF TAFM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RRO LPF. Wrote the paper: RRO ECM LPF TAFM. Contributed to jasp.12117 interpretation of the results: RRO ECM LPF TAFM. Drafted and revised the manuscript: RRO. Provided critical insight, and revisions to the manuscript: ECM LPF TAFM. Read and approved the final version of the manuscript submitted for publication: RRO ECM LPF TAFM.
RESEARCH ARTICLEFactors Associated with Bacterial Vaginosis among Women Who Have Sex with Women: A Systematic ReviewDana S. Forcey1,2*, Lenka A. Vodstrcil1,2, Jane S. Hocking2, Christopher K. Fairley1,3, Matthew Law4, Ruth P. McNair5, Catriona S. Bradshaw1,2,3*1 Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, 580 Swanston Street, Carlton, 3053, Victoria, Australia, 2 Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3010, Victoria, Australia, 3 Central Clinical School, Monash University, The Alfred Centre, 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne, 3004, Victoria, Australia, 4 The Kirby Institute, The University of New South Wales, 101 West Street, Darlinghurst, 2010, New South Wales, Australia, 5 Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3010, Victoria, Australia * [email protected] (DSF); [email protected] (CSB)AbstractOPEN ACCESS Citation: Vesnarinone site Forcey DS, Vodstrcil LA, Hocking JS, Fairley CK, Law M, McNair RP, et al. (2015) Factors Associated with Bacterial Vaginosis among Women Who Have Sex with Women: A Systematic Review. PLoS ONE 10(12): e0141905. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0141905 Editor: Susan Marie Graham, University of Washington, UNITED STATES Received: July 1, 2015 Accepted: October 14, 2015 Published: December 16, 2015 Copyright: ?2015 Forcey et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which GSK-AHAB web permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Data Availability Statement: All relevant data are within the paper. Funding: This work is supported journal.pone.0158910 by The University of Melbourne Medical School and the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, a National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant (APP 102457) and Fellowship grant (APP566576) to JSH. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.BackgroundWomen who have sex with women (WSW) have a higher burden of bacterial vaginosis (BV) than heterosexual women; studies of risk factors specific to this population are limited. We summarised current knowledge regarding risk factors for BV among WSW by systematic review.MethodsThis systematic review was conducted according to the PRISMA statement. PUBMED, EMBASE, Web of Science and The Cochrane Library were searched to 31st December, 2014. Inclusion criteria: 1) WSW included in the study population; 2) accepted BV diagnostic method; 3) investigated or could extrapolate factors(s) associ.CknowledgmentsThis work was financed by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), call 14/2012, process 473708/2012-4. The funding agency had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Author ContributionsConceived and designed the experiments: RRO LPF ECM TAFM. Performed the experiments: RRO TAFM. Analyzed the data: RRO ECM LPF TAFM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RRO LPF. Wrote the paper: RRO ECM LPF TAFM. Contributed to jasp.12117 interpretation of the results: RRO ECM LPF TAFM. Drafted and revised the manuscript: RRO. Provided critical insight, and revisions to the manuscript: ECM LPF TAFM. Read and approved the final version of the manuscript submitted for publication: RRO ECM LPF TAFM.
RESEARCH ARTICLEFactors Associated with Bacterial Vaginosis among Women Who Have Sex with Women: A Systematic ReviewDana S. Forcey1,2*, Lenka A. Vodstrcil1,2, Jane S. Hocking2, Christopher K. Fairley1,3, Matthew Law4, Ruth P. McNair5, Catriona S. Bradshaw1,2,3*1 Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, 580 Swanston Street, Carlton, 3053, Victoria, Australia, 2 Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3010, Victoria, Australia, 3 Central Clinical School, Monash University, The Alfred Centre, 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne, 3004, Victoria, Australia, 4 The Kirby Institute, The University of New South Wales, 101 West Street, Darlinghurst, 2010, New South Wales, Australia, 5 Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3010, Victoria, Australia * [email protected] (DSF); [email protected] (CSB)AbstractOPEN ACCESS Citation: Forcey DS, Vodstrcil LA, Hocking JS, Fairley CK, Law M, McNair RP, et al. (2015) Factors Associated with Bacterial Vaginosis among Women Who Have Sex with Women: A Systematic Review. PLoS ONE 10(12): e0141905. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0141905 Editor: Susan Marie Graham, University of Washington, UNITED STATES Received: July 1, 2015 Accepted: October 14, 2015 Published: December 16, 2015 Copyright: ?2015 Forcey et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Data Availability Statement: All relevant data are within the paper. Funding: This work is supported journal.pone.0158910 by The University of Melbourne Medical School and the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, a National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant (APP 102457) and Fellowship grant (APP566576) to JSH. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.BackgroundWomen who have sex with women (WSW) have a higher burden of bacterial vaginosis (BV) than heterosexual women; studies of risk factors specific to this population are limited. We summarised current knowledge regarding risk factors for BV among WSW by systematic review.MethodsThis systematic review was conducted according to the PRISMA statement. PUBMED, EMBASE, Web of Science and The Cochrane Library were searched to 31st December, 2014. Inclusion criteria: 1) WSW included in the study population; 2) accepted BV diagnostic method; 3) investigated or could extrapolate factors(s) associ.