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Molecular analysis of Trichomonas vaginalis surface protein repertoires

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Molecular and Cell Biology of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Part of the book series: Molecular and Cell Biology of Human Diseases Series ((Mol. Cell Biol. Hu. Dis.))

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Important reasons necessitate interest and support for basic research on the sexually transmitted parasite, Trichomonas vaginalis (Table 6.1). Surprisingly, this protozoan remains one of the most poorly investigated infectious agents yet it is the most prominent parasite causing an illness in developed countries. In all world societies trichomoniasis causes an economic and emotional burden equal to other devastating pathogens of microbial etiology.

I don’t mind a parasite, but I do object to a cut-rate one. Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca

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Alderete, J.F. et al. (1992). Molecular analysis of Trichomonas vaginalis surface protein repertoires. In: Wright, D., Archard, L. (eds) Molecular and Cell Biology of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Molecular and Cell Biology of Human Diseases Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2384-6_6

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