Species Trichomonas vaginalis Donné, 1837

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• Trichomonas vaginalis Donné, A. 1837. Recherches sur la nature des mucus ... description de nouveaux animalcules decouverts. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Paris 4: 464-465.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Commensal, parasitic (host(s): Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 [HOMINIDAE] Human (urogenital tract (+ PCR)(+ culture))), symbiotic (host(s): 'Turtur suratensis' [COLUMBIDAE] 'Indian dove' (pharynx, larynx); Accipiter fasciatus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) [ACCIPITRIDAE] Brown Goshawk (oesophagus, pharynx); Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw, 1805) [PSITTACIDAE] Budgerigar (pharynx); Serinus canaria Linnaeus, 1758 [FRINGILLIDAE] Canary (oesophagus, crop); Tiliqua multifasciata Sternfeld, 1919 [SCINCIDAE] Centralian Blue-tongued Skink, Blue-tongued Lizard; Phaps chalcoptera (Latham, 1790) [COLUMBIDAE] Common Bronzewing (oesophagus, pharynx); Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck & Laugier, 1822) [COLUMBIDAE] Crested Pigeon (syn. Geophaps lophotes; gut); Gallus gallus Linnaeus, 1758 [PHASIANIDAE] Domestic Chicken (caeca, crop, oesophagus); Columba livia Gmelin, 1789 [COLUMBIDAE] Domestic Pigeon, Feral Pigeon (pharynx, oesophagus); Dromaius novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) [CASUARIIDAE] Emu (gut); Egernia stokesii (Gray, 1845) [SCINCIDAE] Gidgee Skink; Erythrura gouldiae (Gould, 1844) [PLOCEIDAE] Gouldian Finch (syn. Chloebia gouldiae); Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 [EQUIDAE] Horse (faeces); Varanus varius (White, 1790) [VARANIDAE] Lace Monitor; Rattus villosissimus (Waite, 1898) [MURIDAE] Long-haired Rat (gut); Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [BUFONIDAE] Marine Toad, Cane Toad (intestines); Glossopsitta concinna (Shaw, 1791) [PSITTACIDAE] Musk Lorikeet (oesophagus, pharynx); Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Ox (preputial cavity (culture)); Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 [SUIDAE] Pig (gut); Cacatua leadbeateri (Vigors, 1831) [CACATUIDAE] Pink Cockatoo, Major Mitchell Cockatoo, Leadbeater’s Cockatoo (crop); Trachydosaurus rugosus Gray, 1825 [SCINCIDAE] Shingleback Lizard, Stumpy-tailed Lizard, Sleepy Lizard (syn. Tiliqua rugosa; rectum); Ninox novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1788) [STRIGIDAE] Southern Boobook (oesophagus, pharynx); Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE] Southern Brown Bandicoot (syn. Thylacis obesulus; intestines); Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Günther, 1858 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Spotted Grass Frog (intestines); Varanus storri Mertens, 1966 [VARANIDAE] Storr’s Monitor; Oxyuranus scutellatus (Peters, 1867) [ELAPIDAE] Taipan (faeces); Podargus strigoides (Latham, 1801) [PODARGIDAE] Tawny Frogmouth, Mopoke (intestines); Bothrochilus fuscus (Peters, 1873) [BOIDAE] Water Python (syn. Liasis fuscus)).

Associated Fauna References

Bowden, F.J., Paterson, B.A., Mein, J., Savage, J., Fairley, C.K., Garland, S.M. & Tabrizi, S.N 1999. Estimating the prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and human papillomavirus infection in indigenous women in northern Australia. Sexually Transmitted Infections 75: 431-434 (Homo sapiens)

Brown, D.M., Upcroft, J.A. & Upcroft, P. 1995. Free radical detoxification in Giardia duodenalis. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 72: 47-56 (Homo sapiens)

Dunne, R.L., Dunn, L.A., Upcroft, P., O'Donoghue, P. & Upcroft, J.A. 2003. Drug resistance in the sexually transmitted protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis. Cell Research 13: 239-249 (Homo sapiens)

Garrow, S.C., Smith, D.W. & Harnett, G.B. 2002. The diagnosis of Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and Trichomonas infections by self obtained low vaginal swabs, in remote northern Australian clinical practice. Sexually Transmitted Infections 78: 278-281 (Homo sapiens)

Knox, J., Tabrizi, S.N., Miller, P., Petoumenos, K., Law, M., Chen, S. & Garland, S.M. 2002. Evaluation of self-collected samples in contrast to practitioner-collected samples for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas vaginalis by polymerase chain reaction among women living in remote areas. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 29: 647-654 (Homo sapiens)

Lethbridge, H.O. 1931. Report of cases. Trichomonas vaginitis. Medical Journal of Australia 1: 232 (Homo sapiens)

Mackerras, M.J. 1958. Catalogue of Australian mammals and their recorded internal parasites. Part I. Monotremes and marsupials. Part II. Eutheria. Part III. Introduced herbivora and the domestic pig. Part IV. Man. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: 101-160 (Homo sapiens)

Morton, A.N., Wakefield, T., Tabrizi, S.N., Garland, S.M. & Fairley, C.K. 1999. An outreach programme for sexually transmitted infection screening in street sex workers using self-administered samples. International Journal of STD and AIDS 10: 741-743 (Homo sapiens)

Oxberry, M.E., Thompson, R.C.A. & Reynoldson, J.A. 1994. Evaluation of the effects of albendazole and metronidazole on the ultrastructure of Giardia duodenalis, Trichomonas vaginalis and Spironucleus muris using transmission electron microscopy. International Journal for Parasitology 24: 695-703 (Homo sapiens)

Philpot, C.R., Harcourt, C.L. & Edwards, J.M. 1991. A survey of female prostitutes at risk of HIV infection and other sexually transmissible diseases. Genitourinary Medicine 67: 384-388 (Homo sapiens)

Tabrizi, S.N., Paterson, B., Fairley, C.K., Bowden, F.J. & Garland, S.M. 1997. A self-administered technique for the detection of sexually transmitted diseases in remote communities. Journal of Infectious Diseases 176: 289-292 (Homo sapiens)

Upcroft, J.A., Delgadillo-Correa, M.G., Dunne, R.L., Sturm, A.W., Johnson, P.J. & Upcroft, P. 2006. Genotyping Trichomonas vaginalis. International Journal for Parasitology 36: 821-828 (Homo sapiens)

Upcroft, J.A. & Upcroft, P. 1998. Future therapeutic alternatives for combating anaerobic protozoa. Parasitology Today 14: 212-214 (Homo sapiens)

Upcroft, J.A. & Upcroft, P. 1999. Keto-acid oxidoreductases in the anaerobic protozoa. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 46: 447-449 (Homo sapiens)

Voolmann, T., Morey, F. & Rich, G. 1995. Trichomoniasis is a problem in Aboriginal women — fact or fiction? Venereology 8: 34-36 (Homo sapiens)

Voolmann, T. & Boreham, P.F.L. 1993. Metronidazole resistant Trichomonas vaginalis in Brisbane. Medical Journal of Australia 159: 490 (Homo sapiens)

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