title: Low incidence of bacterial vaginosis in cohort of young Australian women.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia. kfethers@mshc.org.au
authors.forename: Katherine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Fethers
authors.forename: Christopher K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Fairley
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.forename: Jane S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hocking
authors.forename: Glenda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fehler
authors.forename: Lisa J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: Catriona S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Bradshaw
mesh_terms: 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