The Interplay of Host Microbiota and Parasitic Protozoans at Mucosal Interfaces: Implications for the Outcomes of Infections and Diseases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Bär, Ann Katrein ^a   Phukan, Niha ^a   Pinheiro, Jully ^a   Simoes Barbosa, Augusto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; APICOMPLEXA; BACTEROIDETES; DISEASE COURSE; FIRMICUTES; FUSOBACTERIA; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; VAGINA MUCOSA; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MICROBIOTA; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84953220230     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004176     Document Type: Review

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