Epidemiology

Origin

  • Where did it come from? Netherlands
  • When did it originate? 1st identified by a botanist doing her doctoral thesis - 1923
  • Who is it most commonly found? pregnet woman        

 

 

Risk factors/ people succeptible

  • Pregnancy
  • Uncontrolled diabetes
  • Impaired immune system
  • Antibiotic use
  • Vaginil doushing

Transmission

  • How dose it spread? Yeast over groth. Genital to genital or oral to genital contact.
  • How long is the incubation period? No incubation period; yeast is always present.

Source
Yeast
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