Marco Tulio Antonio  Garcia-Zapata, Patricia Abreu Pinheiro de  Lemos, 
    The Prevalence of <I>Trichomonas vaginalis</I> in HIV-Positive and Negative Patients in Referral Hospitals in Goiania, Goias, Brazil,
    International Journal of Tropical Medicine,
    Volume 5,Issue 2,
    2010,
    Pages 24-27,
    ISSN 1816-3319,
    ijtmed.2010.24.27,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijtmed.2010.24.27)
    Abstract: The frequency of <I>Trichomonas vaginalis </I>infection in HIV-positive and negative women attending hospitals in Goiania, Brazil was evaluated using the gold standard diagnostic method of culture. A total of 237 vaginal swab specimens were examined: 125 (52.7%) comprising the HIV-positive group and 112 (47.3%) the HIV-negative control group. <I>T. vaginalis </I>was detected in 13.5% of the women, 23 (18.4%) of whom were HIV-positive while 9 (8.0%) were HIV-negative. This difference was statistically significant however, infection by this parasite was not found to be associated with immune status. <I>T. vaginalis </I>was found in 23.1% of the pregnant women and there was a statistically significant difference in the rate of infection by this parasite between the pregnant HIV-positive and the pregnant HIV-negative women (25.8% versus 12.5%). <I>T. vaginalis</I> was more prevalent in HIV-positive compared to HIV-negative women however, no association was found between the infection and the immune status of the patients.
    Keywords: pregnancy;Trichomonas vaginalis;women;human immunodeficiency virus;infection;immune status