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Trichomoniasis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) most often spread by vaginal, oral, or anal sex. [1] It can also spread through genital touching (manual sex). [1] Infected people may spread the disease even when symptoms are absent. [2]
In the United States there were 19 million new cases of sexually transmitted infections in 2010. [104] In 2010, 19 million new cases of sexually transmitted infections occurred in women in the United States. [5] A 2008 CDC study found that 25–40% of U.S. teenage girls has a sexually transmitted infection.
It can be diagnosed by testing a sample collected from the throat or rectum of individuals who have had oral or anal sex, respectively. [1] Testing all women who are sexually active and less than 25 years of age each year as well as those with new sexual partners is recommended; [3] the same recommendation applies in men who have sex with men ...
A little-known sexually transmitted infection could become a superbug within the next 10 years if the way it is diagnosed and treated isn’t changed, experts have warned. Mycoplasma genitalium ...
Mycoplasma genitalium (also known as MG [3], Mgen, or since 2018, Mycoplasmoides genitalium [1]) is a sexually transmitted, [4] small and pathogenic bacterium that lives on the mucous epithelial cells of the urinary and genital tracts in humans. [5]
Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, affecting about 4.2% of women and 2.7% of men worldwide. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 2015, about 61 million new cases occurred globally. [ 11 ] In the United States, about 1.4 million cases were reported in 2014. [ 3 ]
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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), are infections that are commonly spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex and oral sex. [1] [2] The most prevalent STIs may be carried by a significant fraction of the human population.