Earlier, too several studies have shown that sexually transmitted disease, trichomoniasis is linked to increased susceptibility of HIV infection. However, this new study provides with a more profound insight about the association of these two because this is the first study that has demonstrated a statistically significant association between trichomoniasis and HIV infection.
Horrific thing, which creeps out of this study states that women with trichomoniasis are at 1.5-fold increased risk of HIV infection. It is quite unfortunate that trichomoniasis vaginalis infects more than 170 million people worldwide each year, making these people more vulnerable to HIV infection, which further increases the susceptibility of AIDS.
This finding is really an eye-opener and if the information brimming out of this study is used for further study then definitely some way to tackle this problem will be carved out.
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Via: Science Daily
