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Vaginal Cleansing

Vaginal Cleansing is a clinical procedure within maternal infection prevention practices that involves the topical decontamination of the vaginal canal immediately prior to delivery to reduce microbial load and associated peripartum transmission risks.

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Perinatal intervention trial in Africa: effect of a birth canal cleansing intervention to prevent HIV transmission

Robert J. Biggar, James J. Goedert, Paolo Miotti et al. · The Lancet · 1996 · 233 citations · Full text

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Outpatient Urine Culture

Edward Lifshitz, L Kramer · Archives of Internal Medicine · 2000 · 197 citations

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Effect of cleansing the birth canal with antiseptic solution on maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality in malawi: clinical trial

Taha E. Taha, Robert J. Biggar, Robin Broadhead et al. · BMJ · 1997 · 171 citations

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Bacterial Vaginosis and Vaginal Yeast, But Not Vaginal Cleansing, Increase HIV-1 Acquisition in African Women

Janneke van de Wijgert, Charles Morrison, Peter Cornelisse et al. · JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes · 2008 · 132 citations

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Vaginal washing and increased risk of HIV-1 acquisition among African women: a 10-year prospective study

R. Scott McClelland, Ludo Lavreys, Wisal Hassan et al. · AIDS · 2006 · 129 citations

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Authors

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  1. TE
    Taha E. Taha

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    4 publications · 551 citations

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  2. TC
    Tsungai Chipato

    University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

    4 publications · 185 citations

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  3. RB
    Robin Broadhead

    University of Malawi, Malawi

    3 publications · 454 citations

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  4. RJ
    Robert J. Biggar

    National Cancer Institute, United States

    3 publications · 454 citations

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  5. MM
    Marshall Munjoma

    University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

    3 publications · 166 citations

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Institutions

200

  1. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. University of Zimbabwe

    Harare, Zimbabwe

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    450 citations

  3. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    980 citations

  4. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    530 citations

  5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    746 citations

  6. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    365 citations

  7. Family Health International 360

    Durham, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    218 citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    604 citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 8 publications · 184 citations

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  2. Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica

    5 publications · 103 citations

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  3. AIDS and Behavior

    5 publications · 185 citations

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  4. Sexually Transmitted Infections

    STI · 4 publications · 111 citations

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  5. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

    AJOG · 4 publications · 225 citations

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