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Diagnostic method for bacterial vaginosis based on detecting antibodies against gvh toxin of gardnerella vaginalis

  • US 20040101918A1
  • Filed: 10/20/2003
  • Published: 05/27/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for the determination of the risk of pathologies in a population of women colonized by Gardnerella vaginalis bacterium, comprising the following steps in order:

  • a) determination of the levels of IgA and/or IgG and/or IgM antibodies against the Gvh toxin secreted by G. vaginalis in a sample of body fluid;

    b) comparison of said levels of IgA and/or IgG and/or IgM with prefixed levels of IgA and/or IgG and/or IgM, respectively;

    c) determination of risk factor.

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