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Sexually transmitted infections are one of the effective factors in the occurrence of preterm delivery and the diagnosis and treatment of these infections are effective in reducing complications and preventing preterm delivery. In this study, the role of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Trichomonas vaginalis<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. vaginalis<\/jats:italic>\n                      [TV]) infection in preterm delivery has been evaluated.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In a prospective case\u2013control study, women with preterm birth were assigned to the case group, and women with full-term delivery on the same day were also assigned randomly to the control group. After receiving the history and physical examination, a sample was taken from the cervix for TV culture. The data were included in the SPSS version 23 software. A significance level of less than 0.05 was considered.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Findings:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The overall prevalence of this infection was 10%. The prevalence of chlamydial infection was 2% among mothers with full-term delivery and 16.4% among mothers with premature birth, and there was a significant difference between the two groups (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.021). The logistic regression analysis to determine the effect of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Trichomonas<\/jats:italic>\n                      infection on premature birth showed that there was the probability of the occurrence of premature delivery increases in mothers with trichomoniasis infection with lower age, higher body mass index, the presence of underlying disease, lower educational level, housewives, lower parity and gravity and having a history of fetus abortion more than 13 times with its occurrence probability occurs in mothers without\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Trichomonas<\/jats:italic>\n                      infection (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.046, Exp (\u03b2) =13.266).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>According 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