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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 104, No. 2, 2009, pp. 296-298
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Bioline Code: oc09047
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 104, No. 2, 2009, pp. 296-298
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The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals
Forman, Dan; West, Nathan; Francis, Janet & Guy, Edward
Abstract
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 shortbeaked
Delphinus delphis and this study presents the first documented case of Toxoplasma in a humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae.
Keywords
cetacean - conservation - environmental contamination - protozoa - toxoplasmosis
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