ORIGINAL RESEARCH

A comparative analysis of seminal and vaginal microbiota of married couples by real-time PCR with Androflor and Femoflor reagent kits

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1 Ivanovo State Medical Academy, Ivanovo, Russia

2 Federal Research Institute for Health Organization and Informatics, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Denis G. Pochernikov
ul. Arseniya, d. 53, kv. 44, Ivanovo, Russia, 153012; ur.liam@nmkgoloru

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Contribution of the authors to this work: Pochernikov DG — research planning, analysis of literature, data interpretation, drafting of a manuscript; Galkina IS — analysis of literature, data interpretation, drafting of a manuscript; Posovoytenko NT — data collection, analysis, and interpretation, drafting of a manuscript; Gerasimov AM — research planning, data interpretation, drafting of a manuscript. All authors participated in editing of the manuscript.

Received: 2017-04-08 Accepted: 2017-04-20 Published online: 2017-05-31
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Fig. 1. Frequency (%) and average concentrations (copies per sample) of microorganisms in the semen. Data obtained with Androflor real-time PCR kit
Fig. 2. Frequency (%) and average concentrations (copies per sample) of microorganisms in the cervical canal. Data obtained with Femoflor real-time PCR kit
Fig. 3. Semen and cervical microbiotas with similar microbial composition
Fig. 4. Degree of similarity of semen and cervical microbiotas of 50 studied couples