Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) Candidate Bacteria: Associations with BV and Behavioural Practices in Sexually-Experienced and Inexperienced Women

• Katherine Fethers ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Katherine Fethers, Jimmy Twin

  * E-mail: kfethers@mshc.org.au

  Affiliations School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Jimmy Twin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Katherine Fethers, Jimmy Twin

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Christopher K. Fairley,

  Affiliation Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Freya J. I. Fowkes,

  Affiliations School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Centre for Population Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Suzanne M. Garland,

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Glenda Fehler,

  Affiliation Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Anna M. Morton,

  Affiliation Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Jane S. Hocking,

  Affiliation School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Sepehr N. Tabrizi ,

  ¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Catriona S. Bradshaw

  ¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

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