Sarcocystis neurona Transmission from Opossums to Marine Mammals in the Pacific Northwest

Increasing reports of marine mammal deaths have been attributed to the parasite Sarcocystis neurona. Infected opossums, the only known definitive hosts, shed S. neurona sporocysts in their feces. Sporocysts can contaminate the marine environment via overland runoff, and subsequent ingestion by marin...

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Autores principales: O’Byrne, Alice M., Lambourn, Dyanna M., Rejmanek, Daniel, Haman, Katherine, O’Byrne, Michael, VanWormer, Elizabeth, Shapiro, Karen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8367900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34213686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-021-01536-w

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