Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Division of Dermatology and Tropical Medicine, Sanitätszentrum Ost, Van Swieten Kaserne, 1210, Vienna, Austria.
Parasit Vectors. 2022 Nov 14;15(1):424. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05508-z.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than one million sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are acquired every day worldwide. Although STIs may be asymptomatic in many cases, they can cause severe symptoms and can also lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes and both male and female infertility. Asymptomatic carriers seem to play an important role in terms of the distribution of STIs; however, studies revealing the prevalence of STIs in asymptomatic individuals are rare.
In the current study, 654 leftovers of standard urine samples from healthy, asymptomatic Austrian soldiers were investigated for the prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis, Chlamydia trachomatis, and genital mycoplasmas (Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma genitalium, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Ureaplasma parvum, and Candidatus Mycoplasma girerdii) by specific PCRs.
We detected T. vaginalis, M. hominis, U. urealyticum, U. parvum, and C. trachomatis in the investigated samples with prevalence of 7.6%, 4%, 2.4%, 5.4%, and 3.2%, respectively; neither M. genitalium nor Ca. Mycoplasma girerdii was found in our sample collection.
Our study introduces data on STIs of a mainly male cohort, which are scarce because most of the available information on sexually transmitted infectious agents arises from fertility clinics (mainly women) or symptomatic patients.
根据世界卫生组织（WHO）的数据，全球每天有超过 100 万例性传播感染（STI）。尽管许多情况下 STI 可能无症状，但它们可能导致严重症状，也可能导致不良的妊娠结局以及男性和女性不孕。无症状携带者在 STI 的传播方面似乎起着重要作用；然而，揭示无症状个体中 STI 患病率的研究很少。
在当前研究中，通过特定的 PCR 检测，对 654 份来自健康、无症状的奥地利士兵的标准尿液样本的剩余物进行了阴道毛滴虫、沙眼衣原体和生殖器支原体（人型支原体、生殖支原体、解脲脲原体、微小脲原体和 Candidatus Mycoplasma girerdii）的流行率调查。
我们在研究样本中检测到阴道毛滴虫、人型支原体、解脲脲原体、微小脲原体和沙眼衣原体，其流行率分别为 7.6%、4%、2.4%、5.4%和 3.2%；我们的样本中未发现生殖支原体或 Candidatus Mycoplasma girerdii。
我们的研究介绍了主要为男性队列的 STI 数据，这些数据很少，因为有关性传播感染因子的大部分可用信息来自生育诊所（主要是女性）或有症状的患者。
