Trichomonas vaginalis and tritrichomonas foetus: Interaction with fibroblasts and muscle cells - new insights into parasite-mediated host cell cytotoxicity

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 720-727

  Vilela, Ricardo Chaves ^a   Benchimol, Marlene ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE SANTA ÚRSULA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Parasite host cell interaction; Trichomonas vaginalis; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHICK EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; NICK END LABELING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CHICK EMBRYO; FIBROBLASTS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MUSCLE CELLS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PROTISTA; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 84866990693     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000600003     Document Type: Article

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