<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="Research Article" dtd-version="1.0"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="pmc">iarjms</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="pubmed">IARJMS</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IARJMS</journal-id><issn>2708-3594</issn></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjms.2021.v02i02.029</article-id><title-group><article-title>The Prevalence of Trichomoniasis among Adults in Jos Nigeria</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><given-names>Ejinaka</given-names><surname>O.R</surname></name></contrib></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><given-names>Agbalaka</given-names><surname>P.I</surname></name></contrib></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><given-names>Obeta</given-names><surname>M.U</surname></name></contrib></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><given-names>Utibe</given-names><surname>E</surname></name></contrib></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><given-names>Ibrahim</given-names><surname>A.U</surname></name></contrib></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><given-names>Musa</given-names><surname>Z.A</surname></name></contrib></contrib-group><aff-id id="aff-a" /><abstract>Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) have been prevalent human infections and are on the increase in most tropical and sub-tropical African countries including Nigeria. The prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis was carried out among 100 male and female adults attending Plateau State Specialist Hospital from the month of June to July 2019. Samples were collected, processed, and examined using direct wet mount method. Trichomonas vaginalis infection was 10% among male and female adults using the hospital. The prevalence was 12% in urine and 16.7% in High vaginal swab among females. Also, the prevalence was 8% in urine and 0% in stool among males. In females according to ages, 18-30 years had 8% followed by the age group 31-40 and 41-50 at 4% respectively but in male’s adult Trichomonas vaginalis was 8 %. The prevalence rate of Trichomonas hominis in 20 male adults examined had zero. The findings regarding the disease deserve some quick response to better the health status of the patients attending Plateau State Specialist Hospital, Jos in particular and Plateau State in general.</abstract></article-meta></front><body /><back /></article>