Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in three common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus); A first description from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
| Autor: | Mar Melero, Roni King, Harold Salant, Mia Roditi-Elasar, Yaniv Levy, Danny Morick, Eyal Bigal, José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno, Nir Hadar, Asaf Berkowitz, Aviad Scheinin, Dan Tchernov, Oz Goffman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Mediterranean climate
040301 veterinary sciences 030231 tropical medicine Antibodies Protozoan Zoology Biology 0403 veterinary science Marine pollution 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Marine mammal Intensive care parasitic diseases Mediterranean Sea medicine Animals Israel Lung General Veterinary Coinfection Toxoplasma gondii Herpesviridae Infections 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine DNA Protozoan medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Bottle-Nosed Dolphin Eastern mediterranean Toxoplasmosis Animal Parasitology Toxoplasma |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary Parasitology. 258:74-78 |
| ISSN: | 0304-4017 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.vetpar.2018.06.009 |
| Popis: | Toxoplasma gondii has been described in several marine mammals around the world including numerous species of cetaceans, yet infection and transmission mechanisms in the marine environment are not clearly defined. The Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center has been collating a database of all marine mammal stranding events along the country’s national coastlines since 1993. In this study, we describe the molecular detection and characterisation of T. gondii in three common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) including one case of coinfection with herpesvirus. The animals were found stranded on the Mediterranean coast of Israel in May and November 2013. In one of the three cases, the dolphin was found alive and admitted to intensive care. To our knowledge, this is the first report of T. gondii infection of marine mammals in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. As this parasite acts as an indicator for marine pollution and marine mammal health, we believe these findings add important information regarding the state of the environment in this region. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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