Toxoplasmosis in a Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi)

被引：42

作者：

Honnold, SP

Braun, R

Scott, DP

Sreekumar, C

Dubey, JP ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Armed Forces Inst Pathol, Dept Vet Pathol, Washington, DC 20306 USA

[2] Natl Marine Fisheries, Honolulu, HI USA

[3] USDA, Beltsville Human Nutr Res Ctr, Parasit Dis Lab, Anim & Natural Resources Inst, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY | 2005年 / 91卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1645/GE-469R

中图分类号：

R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;

摘要：

Toxoplasma gondii infection in marine mammals is intriguing and indicative of contamination of the ocean environment with oocysts. T. gondii was identified in a Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) that had visceral and cerebral lesions. Tachyzoites were found in the lymph nodes, spleen, diaphragm, heart, adrenal glands, and brain. A few tissue cysts were found in sections of the cerebrum. The diagnosis was confirmed serologically, by immunohistochemical staining with T. gondii-specific polyclonal rabbit serum, and by the detection of T. gondii DNA. The genotype was determined to be type III by restriction fragment length polymorphisms of the SAG2 gene. This is the first report of T. gondii infection in a Hawaiian monk seal.

引用

页码：695 / 697

页数：3

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