451. Evidence for Previously Unidentified Sexual Transmission of Protozoan Parasites
- Author
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Marta Mora-Rillo, Clara Crespillo-Andújar, and Marta Díaz-Menéndez
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Male ,seminal fluid, Entamoeba hystolitica ,Sexually transmitted disease ,Epidemiology ,lcsh:Medicine ,Disease ,medicine.disease_cause ,protozoa ,0302 clinical medicine ,seminal fluid ,Entamoeba hystolitica ,prostate ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,biology ,Transmission (medicine) ,semen ,Infectious Diseases ,Viruses ,parasite ,Schistosoma haematobium ,Female ,infertility ,epididymis ,Microbiology (medical) ,Sexual transmission ,Trypanosoma cruzi ,030231 tropical medicine ,Sexually Transmitted Diseases ,Toxoplasma gondii ,Semen ,testis ,parasites ,seminal vesicles ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,Evidence for Previously Unidentified Sexual Transmission of Protozoan Parasites ,03 medical and health sciences ,Parasitic Diseases ,Research Letter ,Trichomonas vaginalis ,medicine ,Humans ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,urogenital ,protozoan ,lcsh:R ,biology.organism_classification ,Virology ,sexual transmission ,urethra - Abstract
Knowing the mode of transmission of a disease can affect its control and prevention. Here, we identify 5 protozoan parasites with demonstrated presence in seminal fluid, only 1 of which has been identified as a sexually transmitted disease among humans.
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- 2018