JohnsHopkin学院公共卫生系的研究人员发现,非洲某些地区,孕妇阴道细菌被入侵病菌破坏后，其感染艾滋病毒的危险性将会增加3倍。此项研究第一次指出艾滋病毒感染的危险性与阴道细菌破坏的程度有关。虽然以前也有些研究指出HIV与阴道细菌有关但参与研究的实验对象只被检查过一次 Researchers at the Department of Public Health at Johns Hopkins College have found that the risk of HIV infection in vaginal bacteria in pregnant women in some parts of Africa is three times greater when they are compromised by invasive germs. The study for the first time pointed out that the risk of HIV infection is related to the extent of vaginal bacterial destruction. Although some previous studies have pointed out that HIV is associated with vaginal bacteria but the subjects involved in the study were only examined once