title: [Prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis Donné in women of Lódź population in 1955-1999 years].
abstract: Search for Trichomonas vaginalis was carried out in direct (in 0.85% NaCl and 0.1% safranine) and fixed stained microscopical preparations ( Wright or Giemsa methods, after fixation with 70% methyl alcohol) and cultures ( Pavlova, Johanson-Trussel-John, Roiron-Ratner, Simic media), from materials of the vagina, urethra and cervix uteri. In the years 1955-1999 a total of about 12000 women were examined. The prevalence of T. vaginalis in women population of Lódź region was high (from 26.6% still 78.0%); on the last ten years in about half of the sample examined women were infected of T. vaginalis.
authors.affiliation: Katedra Biologii i Parazytologii Lekarskiej AM w Lodzi, 90-436 Lódź, ul. Kościuszki 85.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurnatowska
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Mamos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000818:Animals; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014245:Trichomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014521:Urethra / Q000469:parasitology*; D014621:Vagina / Q000469:parasitology*