Trichomonas

Trichomoniasis is caused by a parasite known as Trichomonas vaginalis, which can live in the vagina, and in the male, in the urethra or prostate gland, and is passed on during sexual intercourse.

Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000

Researchers confirmed previous findings that the sexual transmitted infection known as Trichomonas vaginalis is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer in a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Emaxhealth 2009

Techniques used include culture from a wide variety of specimens, special stains, direct antigen detection (Group A streptococci, Cryptosporidium, Giardia lamblia, Trichomonas vaginalis), molecular real-time PCR diagnostics, and toxin assays (Clostridium difficile and enterohemorrhagic E. coli).

Microbiology Lab 2010

Still other agents that cause urethritis include viruses, such as genital herpes simplex virus and human papilloma virus, and the protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis.

A Baby at Last! Mark L. Fuerst 2010

Secondary absence of mitochondria in Giardia lamblia and Trichomonas vaginalis revealed by valyl-tRNA synthetase phylogeny.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

Secondary absence of mitochondria in Giardia lamblia and Trichomonas vaginalis revealed by valyl-tRNA synthetase phylogeny.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

Secondary absence of mitochondria in Giardia lamblia and Trichomonas vaginalis revealed by valyl-tRNA synthetase phylogeny.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

Trichomonas is the most common parasitic infection in the U.S., accounting for an estimated 7.4 million cases per year.

Parasite 2008

Infections of the vagina can be caused by Candida albicans and other yeast species and Trichomonas vaginalis.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

Infections of the vagina can be caused by Candida albicans and other yeast species and Trichomonas vaginalis.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006