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How an obscure sexually transmitted parasite tangos with the immune system

Trichomonas vaginalis also enlists helpers to battle other microbes

Trichomonas vaginalis

TRICKY PARASITE  Trichomonas vaginalis has a funny shape and some clever ways of infecting people.

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By Amber Dance

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