Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) use different, strain-dependent mechanisms to kill the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis

Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) use different, strain-dependent mechanisms to kill the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis

ABSTRACT The unicellular parasite Trichomonas vaginalis (Tv) causes trichomoniasis, the most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection in humans. Trichomoniasis symptoms and sequelae vary substantially, and in vitro analyses have shown that strains differ extensively in their ability to infect...

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Main Authors: Frances Mercer, Sandip Kumar Mukherjee, Chi-Lee Ho, Katherine Muratore, Patricia J. Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2025-08-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
parasitology
immune cell killing
trogocytosis
NETosis
neutrophil
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03680-24
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