Trichomonas vaginalis and Tritrichomonas foetus are parasitic protists of the human and bovine urogenital tracts, respectively. Several studies have described the cytotoxic effects of trichomonads on urogenital tract epithelial cells. However, little is known about the host cell response against trichomonads. The aim of this study was to determine whether T. foetus and T. vaginalis stimulated t...

Writing from the vantage point of the America of Bush and Bill Frist, in which the banning not only of abortion but also of many forms of contraception seems a distinct possibility, it is refreshing to read about a place where abortion rights are not imminently under threat. One might think that such a place would be considered a bastion of rational ‘modernity’ when compared with the embrace of...

Tritrichomonas foetus is a very intriguing trichomonad protozoan with respect to its varied choice of residence in the different host species. It is an obligate parasite of the reproductive and the gastrointestinal tract of bovine and feline host respectively, leading to trichomonosis. Bovine trichomonosis is a sexually transmitted disease whereas feline trichomonosis is a disease with a purpor...

The in vitro hemolytic activity of Tritrichomonas foetus was investigated. The parasite was tested against human erythrocytes of groups A, B, AB, and O, and against erythrocytes of nine adult animals of different species (the rabbit, rat, chicken, cat, dog, swine, horse, bovine, and sheep). The results showed that T. foetus strains (ATCC KV1, K, PAL, 5022, RJ, 90) did not present any hemolytic ...

Dos Santos C.S., De Jesus V.L.T., McIntosh D., Berto B.P. & Lopes C.W.G. 2015. Co-infection by Tritrichomonas foetus and Pentatrichomonas hominis in asymptomatic cats. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 35(12):980-988. Curso de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Anexo 1, Instituto de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Campus de Seropédica, BR-465 Km 7, Seropédica, RJ 2...

In 1866 Korber found chemical differences between haemoglobin obtained from human placental blood and that from normal adult blood. Since then it has been clearly demonstrated that there are many important differences between human and animal and between foetal and adult haemoglobins (Kroger, 1888; Bischoff and Schulte, 1926; Haurowitz, 1930, 1935; Trought, 1932; Brinkman, Wildschut and Witterm...

Ultrastructural study was conducted on the superior cervical sympathetic ganglia in human foetus aged 23 weeks. It was shown that in investigated foetus the nerve fibres in the ganglion were in different phases of myelination. Also growth cones, which present evidence of still growing fibres, were observed.

The protist Tritrichomonas foetus (Excavata, Parabasalia) is a parasite that causes bovine and feline trichomonosis. Bovine trichomonosis is a venereal disease that leads to abortion and reproductive problems in herds. Feline trichomonosis affects domestic cats. Here, we report the genome sequence of the T. foetus K strain, isolated in Brazil.

In 1866 Korber found chemical differences between haemoglobin obtained from human placental blood and that from normal adult blood. Since then it has been clearly demonstrated that there are many important differences between human and animal and between foetal and adult haemoglobins (Kroger, 1888; Bischoff and Schulte, 1926; Haurowitz, 1930, 1935; Trought, 1932; Brinkman, Wildschut and Witterm...

BACKGROUND While ectopic pregnancies account for 1-2% of all pregnancies, abdominal pregnancy is extremely rare, accounting for approximately 1% of ectopic pregnancies. Extrauterine abdominal pregnancy is defined as the implantation and development of an embryo in the peritoneal cavity. The present report is the first of an incidental case of abdominal pregnancy within four full-term foetus sim...