Ackers J P, Catterall R D, Lumsden W H, McMillan A
Br J Vener Dis. 1978 Jun;54(3):168-71. doi: 10.1136/sti.54.3.168.
Samples of semen and urine were obtained from 37 male contacts of women with proved Trichomonas vaginalis infection; on culture, eight (22%) of the men were shown to harbour the parasite. However, significant amounts of antitrichomonal antibody were found in only two of these samples, and the amounts present were very small. A further 10 samples were tested but none was found to contain antibody. The asymptomatic nature and low parasite numbers commonly described in infections in men is thus unlikely to be due to a vigorous local immune response.
从37名与确诊为阴道毛滴虫感染的女性有性接触的男性中获取精液和尿液样本；经培养，其中8名男性（22%）被证实携带该寄生虫。然而，在这些样本中仅在两份样本中发现了大量抗滴虫抗体，且抗体含量非常少。又对另外10份样本进行了检测，但未发现其中含有抗体。因此，男性感染中常见的无症状性质和低寄生虫数量不太可能是由于强烈的局部免疫反应所致。
