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Vaginal flora during pregnancy and subsequent risk of preterm birth or prelabor rupture of membranes: a nested case–control study from China

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Physiological function of gut microbiota and metabolome on successful pregnancy and lactation in the captive Yangtze finless porpoise ( Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis )

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Association of sexually-transmitted infection and African–American race with Streptococcus agalactiae colonization in pregnancy

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Non-Lactobacillus-Dominated Vaginal Microbiota Is Associated With a Tubal Pregnancy in Symptomatic Chinese Women in the Early Stage of Pregnancy: A Nested Case–Control Study

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Vaginal Microbiota Is Stable and Mainly Dominated by Lactobacillus at Third Trimester of Pregnancy and Active Childbirth: A Longitudinal Study of Ten Mexican Women

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Computational approach to modeling microbiome landscapes associated with chronic human disease progression

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Preterm Birth as a Calendar Event or Immunologic Anomaly

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The Application of Molecular Methods Towards an Understanding of the Role of the Vaginal Microbiome in Health and Disease

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Characterizing the oral and distal gut microbiota of the threatened southern sea otter ( Enhydra lutris nereis ) to enhance conservation practice

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Vaginal microbiome analysis of healthy women during different periods of gestation

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Dynamics of the species composition of vaginal microorganisms in women before delivery and at different times of the postpartum period

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