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[Trichomonas vaginalis]

Trichomonas vaginalis resides in the female lower genital tract and the male urethra and prostate , where it replicates by binary fission .  The parasite does not appear to have a cyst form, and does not survive well in the external environment.  Trichomonas vaginalis is transmitted among humans, its only known host, primarily by sexual intercourse .