Rita Verhelst
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Recent Articles
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Vyankandondera J, Wambua S, Irungu E, Mandaliya K, Temmerman M, Ryan C, et al.
Sex Transm Dis
. 2019 Jul;
46(8):532-539.
PMID: 31295222
Background: Persistent infection with high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV) is the preeminent factor driving the development of cervical cancer. There are large gaps in knowledge about both the role...
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Verstraelen H, Vilchez-Vargas R, Desimpel F, Jauregui R, Vankeirsbilck N, Weyers S, et al.
PeerJ
. 2016 Jan;
4:e1602.
PMID: 26823997
Background. It is widely assumed that the uterine cavity in non-pregnant women is physiologically sterile, also as a premise to the long-held view that human infants develop in a sterile...
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Gautam R, Borgdorff H, Jespers V, Francis S, Verhelst R, Mwaura M, et al.
BMC Infect Dis
. 2015 Apr;
15:86.
PMID: 25887567
Background: Sociodemographic, behavioral and clinical correlates of the vaginal microbiome (VMB) as characterized by molecular methods have not been adequately studied. VMB dominated by bacteria other than lactobacilli may cause...
4.
Jespers V, van de Wijgert J, Cools P, Verhelst R, Verstraelen H, Delany-Moretlwe S, et al.
BMC Infect Dis
. 2015 Apr;
15:115.
PMID: 25879811
Background: Women in sub-Saharan Africa are vulnerable to acquiring HIV infection and reproductive tract infections. Bacterial vaginosis (BV), a disruption of the vaginal microbiota, has been shown to be strongly...
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Borgdorff H, Verwijs M, Wit F, Tsivtsivadze E, Ndayisaba G, Verhelst R, et al.
Sex Transm Dis
. 2015 Feb;
42(3):143-52.
PMID: 25668647
Background: The observed association between Depo-Provera injectable use and increased HIV acquisition may be caused by hormone-induced increased susceptibility to other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or changes in the cervicovaginal...
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Jespers V, Crucitti T, Menten J, Verhelst R, Mwaura M, Mandaliya K, et al.
PLoS One
. 2014 Oct;
9(10):e109670.
PMID: 25289640
Background: Clinical development of vaginally applied products aimed at reducing the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, has highlighted the need for a better characterisation of the vaginal...
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van de Wijgert J, Borgdorff H, Verhelst R, Crucitti T, Francis S, Verstraelen H, et al.
PLoS One
. 2014 Aug;
9(8):e105998.
PMID: 25148517
We conducted a systematic review of the Medline database (U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A) to determine if consistent molecular vaginal microbiota (VMB) composition...
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Dochez C, Bogers J, Verhelst R, Rees H
Vaccine
. 2014 Mar;
32(14):1595-601.
PMID: 24606637
Cervical cancer is an important public health problem worldwide, and especially in developing countries. The link between cervical cancer and oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) infection has been clearly established. Furthermore,...
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Borgdorff H, Tsivtsivadze E, Verhelst R, Marzorati M, Jurriaans S, Ndayisaba G, et al.
ISME J
. 2014 Mar;
8(9):1781-93.
PMID: 24599071
Cervicovaginal microbiota not dominated by lactobacilli may facilitate transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), as well as miscarriages, preterm births and sepsis in pregnant women. However, little...
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Tency I, Verstraelen H, Saerens B, Verhasselt B, Vaneechoutte M, Degomme O, et al.
PLoS One
. 2013 Mar;
8(2):e56050.
PMID: 23468854
Background: Infection and inflammation are important mechanisms leading to preterm birth. Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1) belongs to a family of cell surface receptors that seems to...