Trichomonas vaginalis: paradigm of a successful sexually transmitted organism

From: British Journal of Biomedical Science | Date: October 1, 2005| Author: Greenwell, P; Rughooputh, S | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) is one of the most successful protozoan pathogens and one of the most common sexually transmitted organism in females, yet it is also one of the most poorly investigated. By producing a wide array of glycosidases and cysteine proteinase enzymes, the organism can easily adapt to the environment, harvesting host proteins and DNA for metabolism. With the ability to cause lesions, vaginitis and acute inflammatory disease of the genital mucosa, TV acts as...

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