{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Lokken EM"],"funding":["National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences","Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development","NICHD NIH HHS","NCATS NIH HHS"],"pagination":["205-210"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9635115"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["36(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Intravaginal washing, practised by a significant proportion of women globally, is associated with acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis (BV). A single prior study among women in the United States found that vaginal washing was associated with lower fecundability.<h4>Objective</h4>To examine the association between vaginal washing and fecundability among Kenyan women.<h4>Methods</h4>HIV-negative Kenyan women who were trying to conceive and reported no history of infertility care-seeking were followed prospectively for incident pregnancy for up to six months. At monthly visits, participants reported the first day of last menstrual period, sexual behaviour, vaginal washing behaviour, underwent pregnancy te"],"journal":["Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology"],"pubmed_title":["Vaginal washing behaviour and fecundability among Kenyan women in a prospective preconception cohort."],"pmcid":["PMC9635115"],"funding_grant_id":["UL1‐TR002319","F32 HD100202","R01 HD087346","K24 HD088229","UL1 TR002319","F32‐HD100202; K24‐HD88229; R01‐HD087346"],"pubmed_authors":["Jaoko W","McClelland RS","Oyaro B","Mandaliya K","Pulei A","Kinuthia J","Lokken EM","Nyaigero M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Vaginal washing behaviour and fecundability among Kenyan women in a prospective preconception cohort.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Intravaginal washing, practised by a significant proportion of women globally, is associated with acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis (BV). A single prior study among women in the United States found that vaginal washing was associated with lower fecundability.<h4>Objective</h4>To examine the association between vaginal washing and fecundability among Kenyan women.<h4>Methods</h4>HIV-negative Kenyan women who were trying to conceive and reported no history of infertility care-seeking were followed prospectively for incident pregnancy for up to six months. At monthly visits, participants reported the first day of last menstrual period, sexual behaviour, vaginal washing behaviour, underwent pregnancy te","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Mar","modification":"2025-04-04T08:53:50.466Z","creation":"2025-04-04T08:53:50.466Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9635115","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35041230"],"doi":["10.1111/ppe.12864"]}}