Trichomonas vaginalis adherence phenotypes and extracellular vesicles impact parasite survival in a novel in vivo model of pathogenesis

• Brenda M. Molgora,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Sandip Kumar Mukherjee,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Sharon Baumel-Alterzon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Current address: Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Fernanda M. Santiago,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immunoparasitology “Dr. Mário Endsfeldz Camargo,” Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil

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• Katherine A. Muratore,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Anthony E. Sisk Jr,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Frances Mercer,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona, California, United States of America

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• Patricia J. Johnson

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: johnsonp@ucla.edu

  Affiliations Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4472-2702

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