Bacterial vaginosis: Sexual Transmission

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‘Paradigm shift’: Australian researchers discover key to treatment of bacterial vaginosis

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Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a condition when the normal healthy bacteria in the vagina are replaced by an overgrowth of other mixed bacteria.

Researchers had thought BV was an STI years ago , but a number of trials in the 80s and 90s did not find treating a man alongside his female partner was effective.

BV recurred in 24 of 69 women in the partner-treatment group, and in 43 of 68 women ( 63% ) in the control group.

Researchers studied 164 monogamous heterosexual couples where the pre-menopausal woman had BV .

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