EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INFECTIONS WITH TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS IN THE LIGHT OF IMPROVED DIAGNOSTIC METHODS*t
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Human genital trichomoniasis has. received a good deal of Attention in recent years, but there are still many aspects of this disease which need fuller investigation. This paper, based on work carried out at the London Hospital during the past 2i years, is offered as an aid in elucidating certain of the more important of these problems-namely, the incidence, mechanism of infection, cause of relapses in women; and measures directed to control of the disease. I shall deal first with the laboratory methods of diagnosing Trichomonas vaginalis infections, and then with the epidemiology of the disease, the study of which is dependent on the effectiveness of the diagnostic technique.
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Epidemiology of infections with Trichomonas vaginalis in the light of improved diagnostic methods.
Human genital trichomoniasis has. received a good deal of Attention in recent years, but there are still many aspects of this disease which need fuller investigation. This paper, based on work carried out at the London Hospital during the past 2i years, is offered as an aid in elucidating certain of the more important of these problems-namely, the incidence, mechanism of infection, cause of rel...
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