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Antibiotic, Solosec, receives FDA approval as treatment of trichomoniasis

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Lupin Pharmaceuticals supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to expand the use of SOLOSEC® (secnidazole)...

1 million STD cases daily across the globe

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The World Health Organization (WHO) published a bulletin today that reveals the enormity of the sexually transmitted infection problem globally. The report notes that more than 376 million new cases annually...

Sexually transmitted infections globally: A persistent and endemic health threat

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By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that newly published data reveals that daily, greater than one million new cases of four curable sexually transmitted infections...

Trichomoniasis: 7-day-dose metronidazole should be the preferred treatment in women

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A new study led by an infectious disease epidemiologist at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine could change the way doctors treat a common sexually transmitted disease. Professor...

Trichomonas vaginalis: The sexually transmitted parasite

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Trichomoniasis is the most common curable sexually transmitted infection. It is caused by the protozoan parasite, Trichomonas vaginalis. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Trichomonas vaginalis disproportionately affects the black community: Study

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In a new Johns Hopkins study, researchers have added to evidence that Trichomonas vaginalis (TV), the world’s most common curable sexually transmitted infection (STI), disproportionately affects...

Malaria in pregnancy drug offers protection against STDs: Study

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A drug given to pregnant women in 35 countries worldwide to protect against malaria has been shown also to safeguard against the consequences of gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, and bacterial vaginosis,...

Trichomonas assay receives FDA clearance for diagnosis of common STD

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Quidel Corporation, a provider of rapid diagnostic testing solutions, cellular-based virology assays and molecular diagnostic systems, announced today that it has received clearance from the United States...

South Dakota reports bovine trichomoniasis in 3 cattle herds

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A reproductive disease of cattle that can be economically devastating for ranchers has been diagnosed in three South Dakota cattle herds. Bovine trichomoniasis, or trich, has recently been diagnosed in...

Sexually transmitted infections: 1 million cases acquired daily across the globe

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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have a profound impact on sexual and reproductive health worldwide, and continue to cause a major burden of disease. Global estimates, published in the journal PLOS...