The Effect of Gender-Affirming Medical Care on the Vaginal and Neovaginal Microbiomes of Transgender and Gender-Diverse People

• Yonah Krakowsky,
• Yonah Krakowsky,
• Emery Potter,
• Jason Hallarn,
• Bern Monari,
• Hannah Wilcox,
• Greta Bauer,
• Jacques Ravel,
• Jacques Ravel,
• Jessica L. Prodger,
• Jessica L. Prodger

Affiliations

Yonah Krakowsky

Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Women’s College Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Yonah Krakowsky

Transition Related Surgery, Department of Surgery, Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Emery Potter

Transition Related Surgery, Department of Surgery, Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Jason Hallarn

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada

Bern Monari

Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

Hannah Wilcox

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada

Greta Bauer

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada

Jacques Ravel

Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

Jacques Ravel

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

Jessica L. Prodger

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada

Jessica L. Prodger

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada