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The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of <jats:italic>Ureaplasma<\/jats:italic> biovars and <jats:italic>Ureaplasma parvum<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>U. parvum<\/jats:italic>) serovars, their associated risk factors, and genital STI-related symptoms. <jats:italic>Methods<\/jats:italic>. DNA obtained from cervical samples of 1053 women attending the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the laboratory of pathological anatomy of Hassan II university hospital of Fez, Morocco, was used to detect <jats:italic>Ureaplasma<\/jats:italic> biovars (<jats:italic>U. urealyticum<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>U. parvum<\/jats:italic>) and to subtype <jats:italic>U. parvum<\/jats:italic> by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). <jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. Of the 1053 women examined, 25.4% (268\/1053) were <jats:italic>Ureaplasma<\/jats:italic> positives. The rates of <jats:italic>U. urealyticum<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>U. parvum<\/jats:italic> were 12.1% (128\/1053) and 7% (74\/1053), respectively, and the copresence of these biovars was noted in 6.3% (66\/1053) cases. The <jats:italic>U. parvum<\/jats:italic> subtyping revealed a predominance of the serovar 3\/14 (61.4%). The association of demographics variables with <jats:italic>Ureaplasma<\/jats:italic> biovars was studied and shows that the age (\u201c&lt;30\u201d years) seems to be a risk factor of <jats:italic>Ureaplasma<\/jats:italic> spp. and <jats:italic>U. urealyticum<\/jats:italic> carriage (OR 1.729, 95% CI [1.113-2.687] and OR 1.848, 95% CI [1.026-3.330], respectively). There was no difference in the prevalence of <jats:italic>Ureaplasma<\/jats:italic> type regarding symptoms. However, a significant association was found between <jats:italic>U. parvum<\/jats:italic> serovar 1 and infertility (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.011<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>). <jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>. This first study conducted in Morocco provides an idea on <jats:italic>Ureaplasma<\/jats:italic> biovars and <jats:italic>U. parvum<\/jats:italic> serovars circulating in this region, their associated risk factors, and genital STI-related symptoms. Therefore, further studies are required to clarify and confirm the pathogenic role of these <jats:italic>Ureaplasma<\/jats:italic> species.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2020\/7286820","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,8]],"date-time":"2020-06-08T23:31:59Z","timestamp":1591659119000},"page":"1-9","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Detection of <i>Ureaplasma<\/i> Biovars and Subtyping of <i>Ureaplasma parvum<\/i> among Women Referring to a University Hospital in Morocco"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2020","author":[{"given":"Safae","family":"Karim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Biologie Mol\u00e9culaire, Facult\u00e9 de M\u00e9decine et de Pharmacie de F\u00e8s (FMPF), Universit\u00e9 Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah (USMBA), F\u00e8s, Morocco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chahrazed","family":"Bouchikhi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Service de Gyn\u00e9cologie CHU Hassan II de F\u00e8s, Morocco"},{"name":"Equipe Micro-organismes, G\u00e9nomique et Facteurs Oncog\u00e8nes, Laboratoire de Pathologie Humaine, Biom\u00e9decine et Environnement, FMPF, USMBA, F\u00e8s, Morocco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abdelaziz","family":"Banani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Service de Gyn\u00e9cologie CHU Hassan II de F\u00e8s, Morocco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hinde E. 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