Trichomonas vaginalis and Tritrichomonas foetus: interaction with fibroblasts and muscle cells - new insights into parasite-mediated host cell cytotoxicity
Trichomonas vaginalis and Tritrichomonas foetus are parasitic, flagellated protists that inhabit the urogenital tract of humans and bovines, respectively. T. vaginalis causes the most prevalent non-viral sexually transmitted disease worldwide and has been associated with an increased risk for human...
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2012-09-01
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762012000600003&lng=en&tlng=en |