The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals

Serum samples from 101 stranded or bycatch cetaceans from British waters were screened for Toxoplasma gondii-specific antibodies using the Sabin Feldman Dye Test. Relatively high seropositivity was recorded in short-beaked Delphinus delphis and this study presents the first documented case of Toxopl...

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Published in:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors: Dan Forman, Nathan West, Janet Francis, Edward Guy
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2009
Subjects:
cetacean
conservation
environmental contamination
protozoa
toxoplasmosis
Microbiology
QR1-502
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762009000200024
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:925a5ed3f828410797ccded50dea6ddb 2023-10-01T03:56:32+02:00 The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals Dan Forman Nathan West Janet Francis Edward Guy 2009-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762009000200024 https://doaj.org/article/925a5ed3f828410797ccded50dea6ddb EN eng Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000200024 https://doaj.org/toc/0074-0276 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-8060 doi:10.1590/S0074-02762009000200024 0074-0276 1678-8060 https://doaj.org/article/925a5ed3f828410797ccded50dea6ddb Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol 104, Iss 2, Pp 296-298 (2009) cetacean conservation environmental contamination protozoa toxoplasmosis Microbiology QR1-502 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2009 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762009000200024 2023-09-03T00:40:10Z Serum samples from 101 stranded or bycatch cetaceans from British waters were screened for Toxoplasma gondii-specific antibodies using the Sabin Feldman Dye Test. Relatively high seropositivity was recorded in short-beaked Delphinus delphis and this study presents the first documented case of Toxoplasma in a humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae. Article in Journal/Newspaper Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 104 2 296 298
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conservation
environmental contamination
protozoa
toxoplasmosis
Microbiology
QR1-502
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
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conservation
environmental contamination
protozoa
toxoplasmosis
Microbiology
QR1-502
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Dan Forman
Nathan West
Janet Francis
Edward Guy
The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals
topic_facet cetacean
conservation
environmental contamination
protozoa
toxoplasmosis
Microbiology
QR1-502
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
description Serum samples from 101 stranded or bycatch cetaceans from British waters were screened for Toxoplasma gondii-specific antibodies using the Sabin Feldman Dye Test. Relatively high seropositivity was recorded in short-beaked Delphinus delphis and this study presents the first documented case of Toxoplasma in a humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae.
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Nathan West
Janet Francis
Edward Guy
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Nathan West
Janet Francis
Edward Guy
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title The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals
title_short The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals
title_full The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals
title_fullStr The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals
title_full_unstemmed The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals
title_sort sero-prevalence of toxoplasma gondii in british marine mammals
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