Screening for Trichomonas vaginalis in a Large High-Risk Population: Prevalence Among Men and Women Determined by Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing

Jane Schwebke; Anthony Merriweather; Sharon Massingale; Mary Scisney; Craig Hill; Damon Getman

doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000757

Screening for Trichomonas vaginalis in a Large High-Risk Population: Prevalence Among Men and Women Determined by Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing

Sex Transm Dis. 2018 May;45(5):e23-e24. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000757.

Authors

Jane Schwebke, Anthony Merriweather¹, Sharon Massingale¹, Mary Scisney¹, Craig Hill¹, Damon Getman¹

Affiliation

¹ From the *University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham.

Abstract

Men and women attending family planning and sexually transmitted disease clinics for sexually transmitted infection screening in 2012 to 2013 were tested for Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) using a sensitive nucleic acid amplification test. T. vaginalis prevalence in urogenital samples was 11.3% in 77,740 women and 6.1% in 12,604 men, and increased with age in both sexes.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alabama / epidemiology
Diagnostic Screening Programs*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Sexual Behavior
Sexually Transmitted Diseases / diagnosis*
Sexually Transmitted Diseases / epidemiology
Sexually Transmitted Diseases / microbiology
Trichomonas Infections / diagnosis*
Trichomonas Infections / epidemiology
Trichomonas Vaginitis / diagnosis*
Trichomonas Vaginitis / epidemiology
Trichomonas vaginalis / genetics*
Trichomonas vaginalis / isolation & purification
Urogenital System / microbiology
Vagina / microbiology
Young Adult