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Exposure of pelagic seabirds to Toxoplasma gondii in the Western Indian Ocean points to an open sea dispersal of this terrestrial parasite

Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that uses felids as definitive hosts and warm-blooded animals as intermediate hosts. While the dispersal of T. gondii infectious oocysts from land to coastal waters has been well documented, transmission routes to pelagic species remain puzzling. We used the...

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Autores principales: Poulle, Marie-Lazarine, Le Corre, Matthieu, Bastien, Matthieu, Gedda, Elsa, Feare, Chris, Jaeger, Audrey, Larose, Christine, Shah, Nirmal, Voogt, Nina, Göpper, Byron, Lagadec, Erwan, Rocamora, Gérard, Geers, Régine, Aubert, Dominique, Villena, Isabelle, Lebarbenchon, Camille
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8372946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34407103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255664