Prevalence and risk factors for Trichomonas vaginalis infection among adults in the U.S., 2013-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) infection is common, curable, and associated with significant reproductive morbidity and risk for HIV infection. This analysis updates estimates of the prevalence of asymptomatic TV infection, and its associated risk factors, in the non-institutionalized U.S. population.

Methods

We analyzed data from 4057 individuals who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2013-2014 data collection cycle. Participant interviews ascertained demographic characteristics, self-reported tobacco use, and sexual history. Self-collected urine specimens from participants aged 18 to 59 years were tested for TV infection using the Gen-Probe Aptima TV assay. Cotinine was assayed from serum to provide a biomarker of recent tob

SUBMITTER: Tompkins EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7297358 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature