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Structure of a Protozoan Virus from the Human Genitourinary Parasite Trichomonas vaginalis
3 Apr 2013
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ABSTRACT The flagellated protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis is an obligate human genitourinary parasite and the most frequent cause of sexually transmitted disease worldwide. Most clinical isolates of T. vaginalis are persistently infected with one or more double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) viruses from the genus Trichomonasvirus , family Totiviridae , which appear to influence not only protozoan biology but also human...
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