• DOI:10.1016/j.molbiopara.2015.01.004
Corpus ID: 13530833

The biology of Trichomonas vaginalis in the light of urogenital tract infection.

@article{Kusdian2014TheBO,
  title={The biology of Trichomonas vaginalis in the light of urogenital tract infection.},
  author={Gary Kusdian and S. Gould},
  journal={Molecular and biochemical parasitology},
  year={2014},
  volume={198 2},
  pages={
          92-9
        }
}

• Gary Kusdian, S. Gould
• Published 2014
• Biology, Medicine
• Molecular and biochemical parasitology

The human pathogen Trichomonas vaginalis is a parasitic protist. It is a representative of the eukaryotic supergroup Excavata that includes a few other protist parasites such as Leishmania, Trypanosoma and Giardia. T. vaginalis is the agent of trichomoniasis and in the US alone, one in 30 women tests positive for this parasite. The disease is easily treated with metronidazole in most cases, but resistant strains are on the rise. The biology of Trichomonas is remarkable: it includes for example… Expand

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