The Maggie Project: Exploring the Origin and Heredity of the Vaginal Microbiome

Inclusion Criteria

• •Adults aged 18 and over at the time of enrollment;
• •Sex: Female;
• •Pre-menopausal;
• •Self-reported good health (including the absence of general infection) at the beginning of the study;
• •Living in Belgium;
• •Sufficient knowledge of the Dutch language;
• •Consent form signed;
• •Participating alongside her mother and at least one additional co-participant in the study.
• •Closely related to or interacting with the central participant of the network at least during the last six months or more before the study, e.g. her mother, aunts, female cousins, sisters, daughters, housemates, partners or close friends;
• •Aged 18 or over at the time of enrollment; OR 10 or over if the co-participant's mother is also participating in the study;
• •Sex: Female; OR male aged 18 and over who is the partner or one of the partners (in case of polygamous relationships) of the central participant;
• •Self-reported good health (including the absence of general infection);
• •Sufficient knowledge of the Dutch language;
• •Consent form signed.