Hemolytic Activity of Trichomonas vaginalis and Tritrichomonas foetus

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-110

  De Carli, Geraldo A ^a   Brasseur, Philippe ^b   Da Silva, Ana C ^a   Wendorff, Aline ^a   Rott, Marilise ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

Author keywords

Clones; Hemolytic activity; Isolates; Trichomonas vaginalis; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

CONCANAVALIN A;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANIMALS; CONCANAVALIN A; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 0029688721     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761996000100019     Document Type: Article

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