Bacterial Vaginosis Makes Viral Shedding More Likely

....Women with bacterial vaginosis are four times more likely to shed cytomegalovirus in their lower genital tract than women without bacterial vaginosis...

...Cytomegalovirus is a virus that is easily spread through contact with body fluids, but it rarely causes problems except in immunosuppressed individuals, such as AIDS patients...

...The researchers analyzed vaginal secretions from 52 young, low-income women attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic to better understand the relationship between bacterial vaginosis and genital tract cytomegalovirus infection...

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