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Trichomoniasis and Lactoferrin: Future Prospects

Trichomonas vaginalis is a parasitic protozoan which infects the urogenital tract and requires iron as an essential nutrient. Iron is known to upregulate various adhesins required for cytoadherance and other factors involved in pathogenesis. At mucosal surfaces, iron is chelated by lactoferrin resul...

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Autores principales: Sehgal, Rakesh, Goyal, Kapil, Sehgal, Alka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3439953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22988421
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/536037