@article{25fb5076150e453f80aecef078b71ff8,
title = "Mind the gap: Bridging the divide between clinical and molecular studies of the trichomonads",
abstract = "As is often the case in the study of infectious diseases, there are those interested in the basic biology of the organism and those primarily concerned with the clinical aspects of infection, disease and treatment. Although it is not uncommon for these two sets of researchers to remain essentially separate, the modern era of genomics is increasingly bringing them together. Such is the case with the community of scientists studying Trichomonas vaginalis, a human protozoan parasite of the urogenital tract that causes the sexually transmitted disease trichomoniasis.",
author = "Lyons, {Emily J.} and Carlton, {Jane M.}",
note = "Funding Information: The Genome and Biology of the Trichomonads{\textquoteright} workshop was held on 3rd December 2003 in Philadelphia, USA. Funding for the workshop was provided by The Ellison Medical Foundation, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR). A meeting summary can be seen at The Trichomonas vaginalis Genome Sequencing Project website ( http://www.tigr.org/tdb/e2k1/tvg/ ). Funding Information: Although T. vaginalis is a highly prevalent parasite with worldwide distribution and an obvious influence on the transmission of HIV, it remains an understudied organism with few active control programs [21] . This situation is likely to change with the advent of the project to sequence the complete genome of T. vaginalis, which is currently underway at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR; Rockville, MD). This project, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, aims to sequence the complete genome using a random shotgun approach, and to generate a fully annotated genome sequence for the trichomonad research community. ",
year = "2004",
month = may,
doi = "10.1016/j.pt.2004.03.005",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "20",
pages = "204--207",
journal = "Trends in Parasitology",
issn = "1471-4922",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",
number = "5",
}