Microbial Prevalence, Diversity and Abundance in Amniotic Fluid During Preterm Labor: A Molecular and Culture-Based Investigation

• Daniel B. DiGiulio,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

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• Roberto Romero,

  Affiliations Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

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• Harold P. Amogan,

  Affiliation Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

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• Juan Pedro Kusanovic,

  Affiliations Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

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• Elisabeth M. Bik,

  Affiliations Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

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• Francesca Gotsch,

  Affiliation Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

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• Chong Jai Kim,

  Affiliations Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

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• Offer Erez,

  Affiliations Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

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• Sam Edwin,

  Affiliation Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

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• David A. Relman

  * E-mail: relman@stanford.edu

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

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