Low incidence of bacterial vaginosis in cohort of young Australian women.
Cohort study of incident bacterial vaginosis (BV) in Australian students. BV only occurred in vaginally sexually active women (BV incidence = 2.2 [95% confidence interval, 0.8-4.9]/100 woman-years), and no incident BV occurred in women who did not engage in vaginal sex during the cohort period (0 [95% confidence interval, 0-3.2]/100 woman-years), P = 0.10. In university students, incident BV was uncommon and absent in sexually abstinent women.
Fethers
Katherine A
KA
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia. kfethers@mshc.org.au
Fairley
Christopher K
CK
Morton
Anna
A
Hocking
Jane S
JS
Fehler
Glenda
G
Kennedy
Lisa J
LJ
Bradshaw
Catriona S
CS
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D055815:Young Adult