This Giemsa-stained micrograph depicts Trichomonas vaginalis protozoa from a laboratory culture.
Trichomonas vaginalis, a flagellate, is the most common pathogenic protozoan of humans in industrialized countries. This protozoan resides in the female lower genital tract and the male urethra and prostate, where it replicates by binary fission.
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