Wilson A, Ackers J P
Br J Vener Dis. 1980 Feb;56(1):46-8. doi: 10.1136/sti.56.1.46.
Urine samples were collected from 248 men, 21 of whom were known contacts of women infected with Trichomonas vaginalis. This organism was cultured from only three of the 21 specimens from patients in the contact group. The cultural technique was shown to be capable of reliably detecting small numbers of organisms under practical conditions; it appears, therefore, that most male contacts shed relatively few trichomonads and that the infective dose for women must be correspondingly small.
从248名男性中采集了尿液样本，其中21人是已知感染阴道毛滴虫女性的性接触者。在这21名接触组患者的样本中，仅3份培养出了该病原体。结果表明，该培养技术能够在实际条件下可靠地检测出少量病原体；因此，似乎大多数男性性接触者排出的滴虫相对较少，女性的感染剂量也必然相应较小。
