title: Cervicovaginal microbiota: simple is better.
abstract: Vaginal microbiota differs within individuals and between human populations. Anahtar et al. (2015) identify a specific vaginal cervicotype commonly found in healthy South African women that causes localized inflammation including activation of antigen-presenting cells and vaginal recruitment of HIV target cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06520 USA.
authors.forename: Smita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gopinath
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06520 USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06520 USA. Electronic address: akiko.iwasaki@yale.edu.
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000276:immunology*; D014621:Vagina / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology*