Characterization of vaginal prokaryotes and eukaryotes microbiota and its link to Sexually Transmitted Infections

This study investigates the relationship between vaginal microbiota composition and the presence of STIs in a cohort of incarcerated women in Chile. Using metataxonomic approaches targeting 16S and 18S rRNA genes, we characterized the prokaryotic and eukaryotic components of the vaginal microbiota across normal, dysbiotic, and pathogen-dominated groups