Virus in Trichomonas - An ultrastructural study

Parasitology International

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 293-298

  Benchimol, Marlene ^a   Monteiro, Sandra Pacheco ^b   Chang, T H ^c   Alderete, John F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE SANTA ÚRSULA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

T. vaginalis; Ultrastructure; Virus; Virus like particles

Indexed keywords

CESIUM CHLORIDE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL INCLUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA VIRUS; SHORT SURVEY; STAINING; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VIRUS PARTICLE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VIRION;

DSRNA VIRUSES; MICA; PROTOZOA; RNA VIRUSES; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS VIRUS;

EID: 0036756771     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(02)00016-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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