Department of Medical Parasitology, Yuzuncu Yil University Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey.
Acta Trop. 2021 Sep;221:105995. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.105995. Epub 2021 Jun 5.
Trichomonas vaginalis is a flagellate human parasite responsible for the most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the world. We aim to estimate the prevalence and basic characteristics of T. vaginalis infection in the Turkish population from 2002 to 2020. Six international and two national electronic databases were searched using keywords of "Trichomonas vaginalis" and "Turkey" both in English and Turkish languages. Searching motors for the present study included the following: Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, Mendeley, Science Direct, Proquest, Web of Science, YOKtez, and TRDizin. This review includes cross-sectional studies estimating the prevalence of T. vaginalis infection in the Turkish general population. If it meets the criteria for inclusion, the full-text article was obtained and reviewed. The basic characteristics of each paper were extracted and listed. Overall, 65 articles were found about T. vaginalis infection in the general Turkish population in this period. Overall, the mean prevalence of infection was found to be 5.94%, 2.87% in men, and 6.17% in women. The maximum prevalence rates were 42.4% in bar girls, 28.3% in patients with gynecological complaints, 28% in patients applied to gynecology clinics, and 15.37% in patients with vaginal discharge. Among the regions, the highest rate of infection was in the Black Sea (8.76%) and Eastern Anatolia (8.12%). In most of the studies, DM and culture methods were applied together, and the specificity of the culture method was found to be higher. Although the superiority of culture over DM is obvious, both methods can give false negativity. T. vaginalis is still an important health problem among the Turkish population. The prevalence varies depending on the socioeconomic structure of the region, the lifestyle of the person, the method used in the study, the size of the population, and the clinical condition of patients.
阴道毛滴虫是一种鞭毛原虫寄生虫，是世界上最常见的非病毒性性传播感染（STI）病原体。本研究旨在评估 2002 年至 2020 年期间土耳其人群阴道毛滴虫感染的流行率和基本特征。我们分别以英文和土耳其文“Trichomonas vaginalis”和“Türkiye”为关键词，在六个国际和两个国家电子数据库中进行检索。本研究使用的搜索引擎包括：Google Scholar、PubMed、Scopus、Mendeley、Science Direct、Proquest、Web of Science、YOKtez 和 TRDizin。本综述纳入了评估土耳其普通人群阴道毛滴虫感染流行率的横断面研究。如果符合纳入标准，则获取并回顾全文。提取并列出每篇论文的基本特征。在此期间，共发现 65 篇关于土耳其普通人群阴道毛滴虫感染的文章。总的来说，感染的平均流行率为 5.94%，男性为 2.87%，女性为 6.17%。最高流行率分别为：酒吧女郎 42.4%、妇科投诉患者 28.3%、妇科诊所就诊患者 28%和阴道分泌物患者 15.37%。在各地区中，感染率最高的是黑海地区（8.76%）和东安纳托利亚地区（8.12%）。在大多数研究中，同时应用 DM 和培养方法，且培养方法的特异性更高。虽然培养法明显优于 DM 法，但两种方法都可能出现假阴性。阴道毛滴虫仍然是土耳其人群的一个重要健康问题。流行率因地区的社会经济结构、个人的生活方式、研究中使用的方法、人群规模以及患者的临床状况而异。
