Rita Verhelst

Longitudinal analysis of the vaginal microflora in pregnancy suggests that L. crispatus promotes the stability of the normal vaginal microflora and that L. gasseri and/or L. iners are more conducive to the occurrence of abnormal vaginal microflora

Hans Verstraelen, Rita Verhelst, Geert Claeys et al. · BMC Microbiology · 2009 · 366 citations · Full text

Cloning of 16S rRNA genes amplified from normal and disturbed vaginal microflora suggests a strong association between Atopobium vaginae, Gardnerella vaginalis and bacterial vaginosis

Rita Verhelst, Hans Verstraelen, Geert Claeys et al. · BMC Microbiology · 2004 · 342 citations · Full text

Characterisation of the human uterine microbiome in non-pregnant women through deep sequencing of the V1-2 region of the 16S rRNA gene

Hans Verstraelen, Ramiro Vilchez‐Vargas, Fabian Desimpel et al. · PeerJ · 2016 · 299 citations · Full text

<i>Lactobacillus</i>-dominated cervicovaginal microbiota associated with reduced HIV/STI prevalence and genital HIV viral load in African women

Hanneke Borgdorff, Evgeni Tsivtsivadze, Rita Verhelst et al. · The ISME Journal · 2014 · 271 citations · Full text

Quantitative determination by real-time PCR of four vaginal Lactobacillus species, Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae indicates an inverse relationship between L. gasseri and L. iners

Ellen De Backer, Rita Verhelst, Hans Verstraelen et al. · BMC Microbiology · 2007 · 208 citations · Full text