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SUBMITTER: Kosti I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7156768 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kosti Idit I Lyalina Svetlana S Pollard Katherine S KS Butte Atul J AJ Sirota Marina M
Frontiers in microbiology 20200408
Preterm birth (PTB) is defined as the birth of an infant before 37 weeks of gestational age. It is the leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. In this study, we present a comprehensive meta-analysis of vaginal microbiome in PTB. We integrated raw longitudinal 16S rRNA vaginal microbiome data from five independent studies across 3,201 samples and were able to gain new insights into the vaginal microbiome state in women who deliver preterm in comparison to those who deliver a ...[more]