The Role of Iron In Protozoan and Fungal Infectious Diseases

Abstract excerpt

To survive and replicate in vertebrate hosts, protozoan and fungal invaders must be capable of securing host iron. Successful pathogens obtain the metal from either extraction of heme, binding of siderophilins, binding of siderophores, and/or iron pools within host cells. The actual strategy can vary with the availability of iron in the particular host milieu. As a corollary, hosts have developed an elaborate...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
• Share to Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
• Share to Trypanosoma species research and implications