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TIGR researchers reveal tricks of common sexually transmitted infection

It's the world's most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection. There are an estimated eight million cases of trich -- pronounced "trick" -- a year in North America and 170 million cases worldwide. But in a cover article in the January 12, 2007, issue of Science, researchers reveal many of trich's tricks.

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