J Midwifery Womens Health. 2006;51(6):423-430. Because the sensitivity of a wet mount is low, some women who have a negative wet mount will have trichomoniasis. In a study of 2194 women who presented ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo: Getty Images) Maybe you've heard of it — but there's a good chance you haven't. Caused by infection with a microscopic ...

Contrast wet mount micrograph of vaginal discharge with Trichomonas vaginalis protozoa Both the patient and her husband denied sexual contact, yet her vaginal infection remained. Was it truly ...

Healthcare professionals generally consider trichomoniasis a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Non-sexual transmission is considered extremely rare and not a significant concern in most cases.

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 clinical ...

Credit: CDC/Joe Miller. Trichomoniasis is often asymptomatic and, if left untreated, can result in preterm delivery and other adverse pregnancy outcomes and an increased risk for pelvic inflammatory ...

Trichomoniasis, or “trich,” is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI). In the US, trichomoniasis is one of the most common non-viral STIs. It can cause a genital or urinary infection.

Scientists have finally deciphered the genome of the parasite causing trichomoniasis, a feat that is already providing new approaches to improve the diagnosis and treatment of this sexually ...