Trichomonas tenax in Basrah, Iraq

One hundred and forty-three swabs from diseased mouths and 271 from healthy controls were examined by direct wet smear method for Trichomonas tenax. Negative swabs were cultured on suitable media. The frequency of trichomonas tenax was 8.4% and 4.1% in diseased and controls respectively. Of 23 posit...

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Adult
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Female
Human protozoal diseases
Humans
Incidence
Infectious diseases
Iraq - epidemiology
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Parasitic diseases
Parasitic diseases due to ciliates and flagellates
Protozoal diseases
Stomatognathic Diseases - parasitology
Trichomonas - isolation & purification
Trichomonas Infections - epidemiology
Tropical medicine
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