An improved quantitative method to assess adhesive properties of Trichomonas vaginalis to host vaginal ectocervical cells using flow cytometry

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-78

  Brooks, Anna E S ^a,b   Parsamand, Tina ^a,b   Kelly, Robin W ^a,b   Simoes Barbosa, Augusto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

FACS; Flow cytometry; Host cell adhesion; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

CELL ADHESION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITOLOGY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 84870376667     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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