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Heidi Swygard
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications - 18
Citations - 957
Heidi Swygard is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Trichomoniasis & Trichomonas vaginalis. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 17 publications receiving 882 citations. Previous affiliations of Heidi Swygard include North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
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Trichomoniasis: clinical manifestations, diagnosis and management
TL;DR: Management of trichomoniasis is usually as part of a clinical syndrome; vaginal discharge for women and urethral discharge for men and a single dose of metronidazole is effective in the majority of cases.
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Trichomonas vaginalis infection in male sexual partners: implications for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Arlene C. Señea,William C. Miller,Marcia M. Hobbs,Jane R. Schwebke,Peter A. Leone,Heidi Swygard,Julius Atashili,Myron S. Cohen +7 more
TL;DR: The majority of male partners of women with trichomoniasis were infected; however, few factors predicted infection, necessitating vastly improved partner management, application of sensitive nucleic-acid based testing, and better clinical recognition.
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The prevalence of trichomoniasis in young adults in the United States.
William C. Miller,Heidi Swygard,Marcia M. Hobbs,Carol A. Ford,Mark S. Handcock,Martina Morris,John L. Schmitz,Myron S. Cohen,Kathleen Mullan Harris,J. Richard Udry,J. Richard Udry +10 more
TL;DR: It is found that trichomoniasis is moderately prevalent among the general U.S. population of young adults and disturbingly high among certain racial/ethnic groups.
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Methods for Detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in the Male Partners of Infected Women: Implications for Control of Trichomoniasis
Marcia M. Hobbs,Dana Lapple,Lisa F. Lawing,Jane R. Schwebke,Myron S. Cohen,Heidi Swygard,Julius Atashili,Peter A. Leone,William C. Miller,Arlene C. Sena +9 more
TL;DR: The majority of male sexual partners in this study were infected, emphasizing the importance of partner evaluation and treatment and reliable detection of T. vaginalis in male partners required multiple specimens.
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Development and Validation of a PCR-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay with Urine for Use in Clinical Research Settings To Detect Trichomonas vaginalis in Women
S. Cornelia Kaydos,Heidi Swygard,Shelly L. Wise,Arlene C. Seña,Peter A. Leone,William C. Miller,Myron S. Cohen,Marcia M. Hobbs +7 more
TL;DR: For clinical research settings in which vaginal specimens are not available and culture conditions are not feasible, urine-based PCR-ELISA may be useful for the detection of trichomoniasis in women.