[Hemolytic activity of various strains and clones of Trichomonas vaginalis and Tritrichomonas suis].
Hemolytic activity of 7 isolates and 2 clones of Trichomonas vaginalis and 1 isolate and 2 clones of Tritrichomonas suis was determined using incubation with erythrocytes. T. vaginalis hemolyzed all human blood groups, and no correlation between pathogenicity and hemolytic activity was observed and no hemolysin released by the parasite could be detected. No hemolytic activity was observed with strains and clones of T. suis against erythrocytes from all blood groups and with swine erythrocytes.
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Laboratório de Protozoologia, Faculdade de Farmácia, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Brasseur
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Rott
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da Silva
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Wendorff
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D000818:Animals; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D002999:Clone Cells; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000469:parasitology; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal; D013045:Species Specificity; D013552:Swine / Q000469:parasitology; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000469:parasitology; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014318:Tritrichomonas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014774:Virulence
D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D003208:Concanavalin A