2. KESHINI DEVAKANDAN
Information acquired: 2025
KESHINI DEVAKANDAN is an academic who published a paper in 2017 entitled Metagenomic characterization of the vaginal microbiome. KESHINI DEVAKANDAN published this work as part of a team: Devakandan, Keshini. Here is a description of this work: Background: The vaginal microbiome is a dynamic environment colonized by a wide array of microorganisms. Although bacterial vaginosis (BV) is characterized by a disruption in the normal bacterial microbiome of the vagina, the factors contributing to recurrent BV remain unknown. In addition, very little is known about the role of viruses in the vaginal microbiome and associated dysbioses. Objectives: 1) characterize the vaginal bacteriome of women with recurrent BV using cpn60 sequencing, compare bacterial profiles to healthy-asymptomatic cohort, and correlate profiles to descriptive characteristics; and 2) characterize the vaginal virome of healthy-asymptomatic, HIV-positive women and women with recurrent BV, and correlate profiles to descriptive characteristics. Methods: Twenty-six women were recruited into the recurrent BV bacteriome study. Vaginal swabs were obtai.