Roxby and Colleagues Publish New Research on Bacterial Vaginosis
Posted: 11/29/2023 (CSDE Research)
CSDE Affiliate Dr. Alison Roxby (Global Health and Medicine) recently published two articles with colleagues on bacterial vaginosis amongst adolescent girls and women in Kenya. Bacterial vaginosis is a risk factor for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. The first article is published in BMJ Open, titled “Longitudinal assessment of bacterial vaginosis prior to and during incident pregnancy: an observational study in Kenyan adolescent girls and young women“, where authors sought to determine bacterial vaginosis (BV) status at multiple time points among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) and assess the impact of pregnancy on their BV status. The second article is published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, titled “Low prevalence of bacterial vaginosis in Kenyan adolescent girls and rapid incidence after first sex“. This study aimed to describe bacterial vaginosis in younger African women, before and after first sex, and to determine the incidence of bacterial vaginosis and significant correlates of bacterial vaginosis incidence and recurrence.