The study assessed the epidemiology of Trichomonas vaginalis among 200 pregnant women aged between 15-45 years attending antenatal care in three private hospitals Idiroko, Ipokia Local Government Area Ogun State, Nigeria. Direct wet mount microscopy and culture were used on High Vaginal swabs collected from consented participants after administration questionnaire to collect their knowledge, at...

The squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) has been proposed as a model for urogenital trichomoniasis in man, but has not been accepted as such because of the purported presence of naturally occurring vaginal trichomonads in this animal. The study published here shows that these are easily eradicated organisms of intestinal origin, which eliminates the potential confusion created by them. In additi...

T. vaginalis infection (trichomoniasis) is the most common curable sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the U.S. It is associated with increased HIV risk and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Trichomoniasis surveillance data do not exist for either national or local populations. The Monitoring STIs Survey Program (MSSP) collected survey data and specimens which were tested using nucleic acid ampli...

Trichomoniasis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) in humans. It is caused by a motile pathogenic protozoan, Trichomonas vaginalis. Clinical diagnosis of trichomoniasis is not reliable due to nonspecific clinical presentation, which overlaps with the clinical features of other sexually transmitted diseases. Therefore, confirmation of suspected clinical cases by laboratory tests is essential...

A comparison of self- and clinician-collected vaginal specimens for the diagnosis of trichomoniasis was conducted. The sensitivities of culture methods using self- and clinician-collected specimens were 84.6 and 88.5%, respectively. There was no significant difference between the sensitivities of culture methods using self- and clinician-collected vaginal specimens for the diagnosis of trichomo...

Trichomonas vaginalis is a protozoan pathogen of the human urogenital tract. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that trichomoniasis accounts for more than half of all curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) worldwide.1 Although accurate surveillance data are lacking, there were an estimated five million new cases of trichomoniasis each year in the US during the late 1990s, exc...

Papanicolaou-stained cervical smears taken from 203 female patients with either gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis, or candidosis were examined for the degree of inflammatory change. The results from these patients were compared with the results of smears taken from women who had no evidence of sexually-acquired infection after full assessment in the clinic. Gonorrhoea and trichomoniasis were associate...

Background and aims: Trichomoniasis is the most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection worldwide; although it treated by a 5-nitroimidazole drug family such as metronidazole (MTZ) with numerous side effects, in this regard, alternative new drugs are required. Therefore, study examined anti-Trichomoniasis effect of hydroalcoholic extract some traditional medicinal plants Iran vitro. Met...

BACKGROUND Quantifying sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevalence and incidence is important for planning interventions and advocating for resources. The World Health Organization (WHO) periodically estimates global and regional prevalence and incidence of four curable STIs: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis and syphilis. METHODS AND FINDINGS WHO's 2012 estimates were based upon lite...