Comparison of the Diversity of the Vaginal Microbiota in HIV‐Infected and HIV‐Uninfected Women with or without Bacterial Vaginosis

Abstract

The present study demonstrated that both LH-PCR analysis and pyrosequencing differentiated microbiota in BV(+) women from that in BV(-) women and that pyrosequencing indicated a trend toward increased diversity in BV(+)HIV(+) women, suggesting that HIV infection is associated with changes in the diversity of genital microbiota.