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Infection of vaginal lactobacilli by 67 phages from the United States and Turkey
| Infection category | No. of vaginal lactobacillus strains froma:
|
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. women | Turkish women | ||
| Infected by both phage collections | 71 (20) | 86 (25) | 157 (45) |
| Infected only by American phages | 7 (5) | 2 (0) | 9 (5) |
| Infected only by Turkish phages | 3 (1) | 13 (11) | 16 (12) |
| Resisted all phages | 26 (4) | 1 (1) | 27 (5) |
| Total | 107 (30) | 102 (37) | 209 (67) |
The number in parentheses represents lysogenic strains in each group.
