To prevent trichomonad infection, attention must be paid to reducing risk factors.
Behavioral risk factors
- Sexual transmission
- Promiscuity (sexual contact with relatively frequently changing different partners).
- Prostitution
- Men who have sex with men (MSM).
- Sexual contacts in the vacation country
- Unprotected coitus (condom does not protect 100% against transmission, but should be used preventively).
- Sexual practices with high risk of mucosal injury (eg, unprotected anal intercourse).
- Very rare: Bathing in unchlorinated thermal water, towels, swimwear (in young children).