Background: Tuberculosis of the genital tract is one of the major causes of gynecological morbidity. Genital TB affects about 12% of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and represents 15-20% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Genital TB may be asymptomatic but involves genital organs such as fallopian tubes, endometrium, ovaries, cervix, vulva/ vagina and myometrium. The major presenting symptom ...

The protective efficacy of immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgG monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) specific for the major outer membrane protein of Chlamydia trachomatis MoPn was evaluated in a murine genital tract infection model. MAbs were delivered into serum and vaginal secretions of naive mice by using the backpack hybridoma tumor system, and protective efficacy was assessed over the first 8 days foll...

Schistosoma haematobium is endemic in Iraq, constituting an important health problem in this country [1,2]. Boulanger in 1919 reported the geographical distribution of schistosomiasis in Mesopotamia [2]. More recent reports suggest that the reported incidence of schistosomiasis in the Iraqi adult population is 4.9% [3], and the incidence in autopsy materials in the Medical City Teaching Hospita...

Chlamydia has been detected in the gastrointestinal tracts of both animals and humans. However, the mechanism by which Chlamydia colonizes the gut remains unclear. Chlamydia muridarum is known to spread from the genital to the gastrointestinal tracts hematogenously. The C. muridarum plasmid is a key pathogenic determinant in the mouse upper genital tract although plasmid-deficient C. muridarum ...

background: genital tuberculosis (tb) is an important cause of infertility in the developing countries, where hysterosalpingography (hsg) remains an initial diagnostic procedure in the evaluation of tubal and peritoneal factors leading to infertility. objective: the aim of this study was to determine the hsg findings of genital tb in infertile women. materials and methods: we retrospectively re...

In 2007, the most effective means to acquire lifelong immunity to genital herpes will be to engage in romantic activity with a partner who is infected with herpes simplex virus (HSV)-2. Three out of four people who acquire HSV-2 in this manner are blissfully unaware of the molecular hitchhikers that they will carry for life, hidden away in neurons of their peripheral nervous system. Such person...