@article{fdi:010086314,
  title = {{D}oes exposure to different menstrual products affect the vaginal environment ?},
  author = {{T}essandier, {N}. and {U}ysal, {I}. {B}. and {E}lie, {B}. and {S}elinger, {C}hristian and {B}ernat, {C}. and {B}oue, {V}. and {G}rasset, {S}. and {G}roc, {S}. and {R}ahmoun, {M}. and {R}eyne, {B}. and {B}ender, {N}. and {B}onneau, {M}. and {G}raf, {C}. and {T}ribout, {V}. and {F}oulongne, {V}. and {R}avel, {J}. and {W}aterboer, {T}. and {H}irtz, {C}. and {B}ravo, {I}. {G}. and {R}eynes, {J}. and {S}egondy, {M}. and {M}urall, {C}. {L}. and {B}oulle, {N}. and {K}amiya, {T}. and {A}lizon, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he vaginal ecosystem is a key component of women's health. {I}t also represents an ideal system for ecologists to investigate the consequence of perturbations on species diversity and emerging properties between organizational levels. {H}ere, we study how exposure to different types of menstrual products is linked to microbial, immunological, demographic, and behavioural measurements in a cohort of young adult women who reported using more often tampons (n = 107) or menstrual cups (n = 31). {W}e first found that cup users were older and smoked less than tampon users. {W}hen analysing health indicators, we detected potential associations between cups use reporting and fungal genital infection. {A} multivariate analysis confirmed that in our cohort, reporting using cups over tampons was associated with the higher odds ratio to report a fungal genital infection diagnosis by a medical doctor within the last 3 months. {W}e did not detect significant differences between groups in terms of their bacterial vaginal microbiota composition and found marginal differences in the level of expression of 20 cytokines. {H}owever, a multivariate analysis of these biological data identified some level of clustering based on the menstrual product type preferred (cups or tampons). {T}hese results suggest that exposure to different types of menstrual products could influence menstrual health. {L}arger studies and studies with a more powered setting are needed to assess the robustness of these associations and identify causal mechanisms.},
  keywords = {epidemiology ; fungal infections ; immunity ; vaginal microbiota ; women's ; health},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}olecular {E}cology},
  volume = {[{E}arly access]},
  numero = {},
  pages = {[10 p.]},
  ISSN = {0962-1083},
  year = {2022},
  DOI = {10.1111/mec.16678},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010086314},
}