Microbial Analysis of High Vaginal Swabs From Selected Apparently Healthy Females of a Tertiary Institution, North-Central Nigeria.

10.68263/BJAR-RPJTK9XS

Oluwaseyi, H. O., Olubunmi, O. H., Ezeh, B. N., Ndako, C. J., Onaiwu, T. O., Adewole, A. I., Ozoadibe, O. Y., & Ndako, J. A. (2026). Microbial Analysis of High Vaginal Swabs From Selected Apparently Healthy Females of a Tertiary Institution, North-Central Nigeria.. British Journal of Advanced Research, 1(3). https://doi.org/10.68263/BJAR-RPJTK9XS

Oluwaseyi, Helen O., O. Helen Olubunmi, Blessing N. Ezeh, Christy J. Ndako, Tola O. Onaiwu, Adeleke I. Adewole, Ogechukwu Y. Ozoadibe, and James A. Ndako. "Microbial Analysis of High Vaginal Swabs From Selected Apparently Healthy Females of a Tertiary Institution, North-Central Nigeria.." British Journal of Advanced Research, vol. 1, no. 3, 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.68263/BJAR-RPJTK9XS

Oluwaseyi, Helen O., O. Helen Olubunmi, Blessing N. Ezeh, Christy J. Ndako, Tola O. Onaiwu, Adeleke I. Adewole, Ogechukwu Y. Ozoadibe, and James A. Ndako. "Microbial Analysis of High Vaginal Swabs From Selected Apparently Healthy Females of a Tertiary Institution, North-Central Nigeria.." British Journal of Advanced Research 1, no. 3 (2026). https://doi.org/10.68263/BJAR-RPJTK9XS

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