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
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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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description 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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spelling pubmed-60560912018-08-01 Invasive Colonic Entamoebiasis in Wild Cane Toads, Australia Shilton, Cathy M. Šlapeta, Jan Shine, Richard Brown, Gregory P. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6056091/ /pubmed/30015612 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.180101 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Shilton, Cathy M.
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Invasive Colonic Entamoebiasis in Wild Cane Toads, Australia
title Invasive Colonic Entamoebiasis in Wild Cane Toads, Australia
title_full Invasive Colonic Entamoebiasis in Wild Cane Toads, Australia
title_fullStr Invasive Colonic Entamoebiasis in Wild Cane Toads, Australia
title_full_unstemmed Invasive Colonic Entamoebiasis in Wild Cane Toads, Australia
title_short Invasive Colonic Entamoebiasis in Wild Cane Toads, Australia
title_sort invasive colonic entamoebiasis in wild cane toads, australia
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056091/
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