Objectives: Some vaginal bacterial communities are thought to prevent infection by sexually transmitted organisms. Prior work demonstrated that the vaginal microbiota of reproductive-age women cluster ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has cleared the launch of a new assay to test samples for Trichomonas vaginalis, according to a press ...

Recent work with a mouse model of Trichomonas vaginalis infection indicated that estrogenized BALB/c mice that were preinfected with Lactobacillus acidophilus showed a greater duration of T. vaginalis ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Prior studies have shown an association between a baseline presence of intermediate vaginal microbiota or ...

Initially we induced high levels of resistance in the clinically susceptible strain BRIS/92/STDL/F1623 (F1623) by continuous culturing in sub-lethal, increasing concentrations (finally reaching 1 mM) ...

Frances Mercer runs a fight club. In one corner, the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis, which causes a widespread sexually transmitted infection that many people have never heard of. In the other corner ...

Scientists at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) are beginning to unravel the mysteries of the most prevalent human parasite in North America, Trichomonas vaginalis. On October 1, TIGR released ...

Trichomonas vaginalis infects the genital and urinary tract of both sexes. Clinicians should consider screening women aged 45 and older for the sexually transmitted infection. A large study indicates ...

Prevalence of T vaginalis infection in men is not known, as the vast majority are asymptomatic; reports point to a 6% to 17% rate in men seen at STD clinics. [9,10,11] Of note, however, up to 66% of ...

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health reveals how genetic changes in the parasite responsible for one of the world’s most common sexually transmitted ...

If you've downloaded a cycle tracking app, are comfortable telling your boss that your period is giving you so much bother that you need to take a couple of hours off and have zero qualms about ...