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Our aim was to determine the prevalence of TV in Sydney women using both wet mount and PCR. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted of women requiring sexually transmissible infection screening at the Sydney Sexual Health Centre. Vaginal swabs were examined for TV using PCR and wet mount microscopy. Results: In total, 781 of 1263 eligible women were tested; 3 out of 781 tested positive by PCR and 1 out of 781 by wet mount, giving a prevalence of 0.38% (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.14\u20131.12%) and 0.13% (95% CI: 0.03\u20130.71%) respectively. There was not enough power to compare PCR and wet mount. Conclusions: The results of this analysis indicate that in our female urban population, TV is a very rare sexually transmissible infection,with 0.38% prevalence, and routine screening by PCR is not indicated.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1071\/sh12201","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,4,24]],"date-time":"2013-04-24T01:39:13Z","timestamp":1366767553000},"page":"385-386","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["The prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis detected by wet mount and polymerase chain reaction in Sydney women"],"prefix":"10.1071","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Ivy","family":"Kwon","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"AUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anna","family":"McNulty","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"BSydney Sexual Health Centre, GPO Box 1614, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia."},{"name":"CSchool of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Phillip","family":"Read","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"BSydney Sexual Health Centre, GPO Box 1614, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia."},{"name":"DThe Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia."},{"name":"ECorresponding author. 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