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 ...

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 ...

Trichomonas vaginalis was initially discovered by a physician, Alfred Francois Donné, in 1836 who observed motile microorganisms in the purulent vaginal discharge of infected women, while a ...

Trichomoniasis is caused by the protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis, which is transmitted during sexual contact. The parasite is usually passed on from a penis to a vagina or from a vagina to ...

A parasite called Trichomonas vaginalis causes trichomoniasis, or trich, which is highly curable if a person seeks treatment. However, only about 30% of people with trich experience symptoms ...

The study, carried out by Preventx, the UK’s largest provider of remote sexual health testing, warned trichomonas vaginalis often occurs with no symptoms. If the infection is left untreated ...

In one current study, they have focused on the disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis, especially because of the recent appearance of strains that are resistant to ...

Caused by the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis, trich is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, affecting some 3.7 million people in the United States. But about 70 percent of ...

Infection with Trichomonas vaginalis during pregnancy has been associated with preterm delivery. It is uncertain whether treatment of asymptomatic trichomoniasis in pregnant women reduces the ...

Women from ethnic minority or deprived backgrounds are more likely to get STI trichomonas vaginalis (TV) than others. That's according to new research carried out into the largely unknown sexually ...