TABLE 1.

Summary of the microbiome association with hrHPV infections

Cervical conditions	Microbiome characteristics	References
Healthy cervix	CSTs I, II, III and V; L. crispatus, L. acidophilus	(47, 83, 104)
hrHPV infection	CSTs III, IV, Sneathia species	(86, 93, 94, 140–142)
hrHPV persistence	CSTs IV, IV-B	(92, 96)
hrHPV progression	CST IV	(91, 93, 94)
CIN1+	CSTs III, IV	(46, 47, 83, 94, 140)
Cervical cancer	CST IV, Sneathia and Fusobacterium species	(83, 94)
hrHPV clearance	CST II	(92)
CIN regression	CSTs I, II, III, and V	(96)