Trichomoniasis: A neglected sexually transmitted infection with significant risks to reproductive health

Abstract

Trichomoniasis, caused by Trichomonas vaginalis, remains one of the most prevalent yet neglected manuscript worldwide. Despite its high global incidence, trichomoniasis is often underdiagnosed, underreported, and overlooked in public health initiatives. Emerging evidence accentuates its consequential significant risks to reproductive health, including adverse pregnancy outcomes, infertility, increased susceptibility to HIV and even cervical carcinoma. This short communication highlights the disease burden, clinical manifestations, diagnostic challenges, genetic polymorphism and long-term reproductive sequelae of trichomoniasis. Further, it emphasizes the urgent need for public awareness, improved screening facilities, interventions to target population to mitigate the reproductive health burden of this preventable yet neglected infection.