| a comparative study of trichomonas vaginalis prevalence in filipino women. | a comparative study of trichomonas vaginalis prevalence among filipino women is presented herein. a total of 288 women randomly drawn from various sources, including social hygiene clinics, health centers, and family planning centers in the metropolitan manila area were examined for t. vaginalis. nineteen or (6.8%) were found positive either by wet mount or stained smear methods. prevalence was significantly higher among the group of single than married women and five times higher among the wait ... | 1977 | 607419 |
| first report of trichomonas tenax infections in the philippines. | recent studies have reported trichomonas tenax as a cause of pleuropulmonary infections in humans. in this study, sputum and vaginal swab samples were collected from patients suffering from respiratory ailments in rodriguez, rizal and sex workers attending the social hygiene clinics in angeles city in pampanga, mandaluyong city and pasay city in metro manila, philippines, respectively. dna was extracted from samples and the 18s rrna gene was amplified and sequenced. phylogenetic trees were const ... | 2014 | 24406842 |