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Can trichomoniasis be caught by kissing? can it survive in the mouth?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

No: The normal routes of transmission for Trichomoniasis are penis to vagina, vagina to penis or vagina to vagina. It would be uncommon for the infection to affect anus or mouth.

Answered 10/29/2018

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