Invasive Colonic Entamoebiasis in Wild Cane Toads, Australia

We detected a disease syndrome in free-ranging Australian cane toads involving atypical behavior and emaciation that is associated with a previously undescribed Entamoeba sp. that infiltrates the colonic lining, causing it to slough. The organism may become seasonally pathogenic when toads are under...

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Autores principales: Shilton, Cathy M., Šlapeta, Jan, Shine, Richard, Brown, Gregory P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30015612
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.180101
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Sumario:We detected a disease syndrome in free-ranging Australian cane toads involving atypical behavior and emaciation that is associated with a previously undescribed Entamoeba sp. that infiltrates the colonic lining, causing it to slough. The organism may become seasonally pathogenic when toads are under hydric and nutritional stress.

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