In recent years some attention has been focused on the low temperature storage of various protozoa. The purpose of this work was to confirm that Trichomonas vaginalis can be preserved for several months at a temperature of -196°C. in liquid nitrogen. Weinman and McAllister (1947), who successfully preserved a number of pathogenic protozoa, failed to preserve T. vaginalis, and only a proportion ...

Trichomoniasis is a sexually transmitted disease due to infection with Trichomonas vaginalis, and it can cause serious consequences for women's health. To study the virulence factors of this pathogen, T. vaginalis surface proteins were investigated using polyclonal antibodies specific to the membrane fractions of T. vaginalis. The T. vaginalis expression library was constructed by cloning the c...

A cross-sectional survey of Trichomonas vaginalis infection has been conducted among married pregnant women attending antenatal clinics, for the first time in pregnancy, direct microscopy technique was adopted. Of 120 studied, 4(3.3%) were infected with T. vaginalis. Individuals age 20-25 years most (3.7%). Women their third trimester pregnancy significantly more (1.1%), than those second (1.6%...

women attending a genitourinary medicine clinic. T vaginalis infection was diagnosed in 42 (11%) women. The sensitivities ofboth the latex agglutination test and the ELISA were 95% compared with 74% for microscopy and 76% for culture. The latex test was specific and showed no cross reaction with a wide range of other genital tract infections. The latex agglutination test can detect antigen in b...