Vaginal microbiota influence susceptibility to HPV infection and host immune regulation. Understanding these microbial communities helps explain viral persistence and immune responses.
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Sign for Mgen, an insurance company sharing the abbreviation for Mycoplasma genitalium, a sexually transmitted bacterium. Taken during symposium about the vaginal microbiome and sexually transmitted infections at Collège de France, 3-4 September 2025

Sign for Cocci Market, a supermarket. “Cocci” describe bacterial spherical forms, with many species found in the vaginal microbiome, e.g., Streptococci and diplococci, the shape of the sexually transmitted bacterium, Neisseria gonorrhoeae,. Taken during symposium about the vaginal microbiome and sexually transmitted infections at Collège de France, 3-4 September 2025

Paris was the perfect place for a symposium on #VaginalMicrobiota and #SexuallyTransmittedInfection dynamics 😂

Thank you to Samuel Alizon, @college-de-france.fr @pasteuredu.bsky.social Jacques Ravel, Janneke van der Wijgert and all other participants for fantastic presentations and discussions