A New Pathogen Transmission Mechanism in the Ocean: The Case of Sea Otter Exposure to the Land-Parasite Toxoplasma gondii

Toxoplasma gondii is a land-derived parasite that infects humans and marine mammals. Infections are a significant cause of mortality for endangered southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis), but the transmission mechanism is poorly understood. Otter exposure to T. gondii has been linked to the con...

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Autores principales: Mazzillo, Fernanda F. M., Shapiro, Karen, Silver, Mary W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3867372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24386100
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082477

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3867372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24386100
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082477

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