Microbe Monday
It’s Monday and you know what that means! It’s time for another microbe Monday post!
This week’s microbe hints:
- is a parasite
- infects about 3.1% of females ages 14-49
- first identified by Alfred Donne in 1836
- is a single-celled protozoan
- produces mechanical stress on a host cell before ingesting cell fragments
- has at least 26,000 genes
- diagnosis is done by saline microscopy, culture, or nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT)
- dies after 45-60 minutes in water
- 58 million cases in 2013
- most common non-viral STI in the U.S.
Think you know what this Monday’s microbe is?
Leave your guess in the comments below! And remember, if you need microbial analysis or testing, submit your test request by calling 1-855-377-6821 or at https://www.contractlaboratory.com/labclass/forms/outsource_entryform.cfm?requestType=microbial
