Detecting the Diversity of Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma Endosymbionts Hosted by Trichomonas vaginalis Isolates

Objectives: The symbiosis of Trichomonas vaginalis and Mycoplasma hominis is the first described association between two obligate human parasites. Trichomonas is the niche and the vector for the transmission of M. hominis infection. This clinically significant symbiosis may affect T. vaginalis virul...

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Main Authors: Anastasios Ioannidis, Panagiota Papaioannou, Emmanouil Magiorkinis, Maria Magana, Vasiliki Ioannidou, Konstantina Tzanetou, Angeliki R. Burriel, Maria Tsironi, Stylianos Chatzipanagiotou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01188/full