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However, its microbial composition and association with the types of HPV infection remain elusive.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study was designed to characterize the vaginal microbiota of 53 HPV-infected and 16 normal women (control group) by using high-throughput sequencing with the Illumina platform.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this study, the five leading phyla were <jats:italic>Firmicutes<\/jats:italic> (73.9%), <jats:italic>Actinobacteriota<\/jats:italic> (12.8%), <jats:italic>Proteobacteria<\/jats:italic> (6.2%), <jats:italic>Fusobacteria<\/jats:italic> (3.5%), and <jats:italic>Bacteroidota<\/jats:italic> (3.1%). We found that single HPV genotype\u2013positive women had higher \u03b1-microbial diversity compared with HPV-negative and multiple HPV\u2013positive women. In women with a single HPV genotype infection, the HPV-16 infection had significantly higher \u03b1-diversity than other genotype infections. In multiple HPV genotype\u2013positive women, the highest \u03b1-diversity was found in women positive for HR\u2013HR HPV genotype infection, compared with other infections. Furthermore, in single- and multiple-genotype infections, the abundance of s_unclassified_g_Lactobacillus decreased whereas the abundance of s_Gardnerella_vaginalis increased compared with control. Additionally, s_unclassified_f_Rhizobiaceae and s_sneathia_sanguinegens were only found in HPV-infected women.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study showed that the type of HPV infection was associated with the composition of the vaginal microbiota. 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