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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2010

Genetic relatedness of Trichomonas vaginalis reference and clinical isolates.

Denise C Cornelius, Leandro Mena, William B Lushbaugh, John C Meade

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Denise C CorneliusDepartment of Microbiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216-4505, USA. dcornelius@umc.edu
Leandro Mena
William B Lushbaugh
John C Meade

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have determined the metronidazole susceptibility status of 20 Trichomonas vaginalis isolates from American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) and assessed the level of genetic relatedness in these isolates using 32 additional T. vaginalis clinical isolates for comparison. These ATCC isolates are commonly used as reference strains in T. vaginalis research and this information provides a rational basis for selection of reference strains for use in comparative studies of T. vaginalis phenotypic and clinical characteristics.

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Genetic VariationAntiprotozoal AgentsDrug ResistanceHumansMetronidazoleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPhylogenyTrichomonas InfectionsTrichomonas vaginalisAntiprotozoal AgentsMetronidazole

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PMID21118935
PMCPMC2990045

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