Association between unhygienic menstrual management practices and prevalence of lower reproductive tract infections: a hospital-based cross-sectional study in …

B Torondel, S Sinha, JR Mohanty, T Swain… - BMC infectious …, 2018 - Springer
Background The extent to which reproductive tract infections (RTIs) are associated with poor
menstrual hygiene management (MHM) practices has not been extensively studied. We …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in the Trichomonas vaginalis field

D Leitsch - F1000Research, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The microaerophilic protist parasite Trichomonas vaginalis is occurring globally and causes
infections in the urogenital tract in humans, a condition termed trichomoniasis. In fact …

Trichomonas vaginalis Cysteine Proteinases: Iron Response in Gene Expression and Proteolytic Activity

R Arroyo, RE Cárdenas-Guerra… - BioMed research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We focus on the iron response of Trichomonas vaginalis to gene family products such as the
cysteine proteinases (CPs) involved in virulence properties. In particular, we examined the …

Association between Trichomonas vaginalis and vaginal bacterial community composition among reproductive-age women

RM Brotman, LL Bradford, M Conrad… - Sexually transmitted …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Some vaginal bacterial communities are thought to prevent infection by sexually
transmitted organisms. Prior work demonstrated that the vaginal microbiota of reproductive …

Extensive Genetic Diversity, Unique Population Structure and Evidence of Genetic Exchange in the Sexually Transmitted Parasite Trichomonas vaginalis

MD Conrad, AW Gorman, JA Schillinger… - PLoS Neglected …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Trichomonas vaginalis is the causative agent of human trichomoniasis, the
most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection world-wide. Despite its prevalence …

An emerging mycoplasma associated with trichomoniasis, vaginal infection and disease

JM Fettweis, MG Serrano, B Huang, JP Brooks… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Humans are colonized by thousands of bacterial species, but it is difficult to assess the
metabolic and pathogenic potential of the majority of these because they have yet to be …

A clonal strain of Trichomonas gallinae is the aetiologic agent of an emerging avian epidemic disease

B Lawson, AA Cunningham, J Chantrey… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Trichomonas gallinae is a protozoan parasite that is well characterised as a cause of
trichomonosis in columbid and raptor species world-wide. The parasite emerged as a novel …

Genetic Indicators of Drug Resistance in the Highly Repetitive Genome of Trichomonas vaginalis

M Bradic, SD Warring, GE Tooley… - Genome biology and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Trichomonas vaginalis, the most common nonviral sexually transmitted parasite, causes∼
283 million trichomoniasis infections annually and is associated with pregnancy …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of trichomonas vaginalis infection in Hamadan city, Western Iran

M Matini, S Rezaie, M Mohebali… - Iranian journal of …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Infection with Trichomonas vaginalis is one of the most common sexually
transmitted diseases (STDs) in humans. The prevalence of infection in Iran has been …

Getting trichy: tools and approaches to interrogating Trichomonas vaginalis in a post-genome world

MD Conrad, M Bradic, SD Warring, AW Gorman… - Trends in …, 2013 - cell.com
Trichomonas vaginalis is a parasite of the urogenital tract in men and women, with a
worldwide presence and significant implications for global public health. T. vaginalis …