Association of pregnancy and HIV status with molecular-Bacterial Vaginosis in Indian women

Molecular-Bacterial Vaginosis (molecular-BV) may put women at increased risk for adverse reproductive and obstetric outcomes, such as preterm birth and acquisition of sexually transmitted infections including HIV. We sought to investigate the effects of HIV infection and pregnancy on the vaginal microbiota and associations with molecular-BV in women of reproductive age from Pune, India.