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  1. The ring plus project: safety and acceptability of vaginal rings that protect women from unintended pregnancy

    Article • BMC Public Health, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vicky Jespers

  2. Cross-Sectional Analysis of Selected Genital Tract Immunological Markers and Molecular Vaginal Microbiota in Sub-Saharan African Women, with Relevance to HIV Risk and Prevention

    Article • Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, March 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Vicky Jespers

  3. The significance of Lactobacillus crispatus and L. vaginalis for vaginal health and the negative effect of recent sex: a cross-sectional descriptive study across groups of African women

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vicky Jespers, Professor Hans Verstraelen

  4. Correlates of the molecular vaginal microbiota composition of African women

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vicky Jespers, Prof. em. Mario Vaneechoutte

  5. Prevalence and Correlates of Bacterial Vaginosis in Different Sub-Populations of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Study

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2014, PLOS

    Dr Vicky Jespers, Professor Hans Verstraelen, Prof. em. Mario Vaneechoutte

  6. Genital Tract Immunological Markers in Sub-Saharan African Women with Relevance to HIV Risk and Prevention

    Article • AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, October 2014, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Vicky Jespers

  7. The vaginal microbiota and susceptibility to HIV

    Article • AIDS, October 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Vicky Jespers

  8. The Vaginal Microbiota: What Have We Learned after a Decade of Molecular Characterization?

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2014, PLOS

    Dr Vicky Jespers, Professor Hans Verstraelen

  9. P1.032 Bacterial Species in the Vaginal Microbiome Correlated by Nugent Score: Cross-Sectional Data from the Microbicide Safety Biomarkers Study in Kenya, Rwanda, and South Africa: Abstract P1.032 Table

    Article • Sexually Transmitted Infections, July 2013, BMJ

    Dr Vicky Jespers

  10. P3.060 There is a Need For Multipurpose Prevention Technologies Targeting HIV and Common Reproductive Tract Infections: Data from the Microbicide Safety Biomarkers Study Team: Abstract P3.060 Table 1

    Article • Sexually Transmitted Infections, July 2013, BMJ

    Dr Vicky Jespers, Professor Hans Verstraelen

  11. Searching for Lower Female Genital Tract Soluble and Cellular Biomarkers: Defining Levels and Predictors in a Cohort of Healthy Caucasian Women

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2012, PLOS

    Dr Vicky Jespers

  12. Quantification of bacterial species of the vaginal microbiome in different groups of women, using nucleic acid amplification tests

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vicky Jespers

  13. P3-S3.06 Quantifying lactobacillae species with real time PCR methods for HIV prevention trials

    Article • Sexually Transmitted Infections, July 2011, BMJ

    Dr Vicky Jespers

  14. Non-Sexual Transmission of Trichomonas vaginalis in Adolescent Girls Attending School in Ndola, Zambia

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2011, PLOS

    Dr Vicky Jespers

  15. Methodological Issues in Sampling the Local Immune System of the Female Genital Tract in the Context of HIV Prevention Trials

    Article • American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, December 2010, Wiley

    Dr Vicky Jespers

  16. Trichomonas vaginalis is Highly Prevalent in Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women, and Commercial Sex Workers in Ndola, Zambia

    Article • Sexually Transmitted Diseases, November 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Vicky Jespers

  17. Vaginal microbicides can interfere with nucleic acid amplification tests used for the diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Vicky Jespers