The adherence of Trichomonas vaginalis to host ectocervical cells is influenced by lactobacilli

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 455-459

  Phukan, Niha ^a,b   Parsamand, Tina ^a,b   Brooks, Anna E S ^a,b   Nguyen, Tan N M ^a,b   Simoes Barbosa, August ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS PENTOSUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA FLORA;

PARASITIC INFECTIONS; PARASITOLOGY; TRICHOMONAS; VAGINAL MICROBIOLOGY;

CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 84884532887     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051039     Document Type: Article

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