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Viruses of protozoan parasites may exacerbate human disease

submitted by profvrr on November 21, 2012
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Tags: cryptosporidium , Eimeria , Entamoeba , giardia , inflammation , innate immune response , leishmania , metronidazole , Nagleria , plasmodium , protozoa , protozoan parasit
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Many protozoan parasites (Trichomonas, Leishmania, Giardia, Plasmodium, Entamoeba, Nagleria, Eimeria, Cryptosporidium) are infected with viruses. These viruses do not infect vertebrates, but their double-stranded RNA genomes are sensed by the innate immune system, leading to inflammatory complications of protozoan infections.
 
 

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