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Isolation of Toxoplasma gondii from bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Aug 2008
Dubey J P, Fair P A, Sundar N, Velmurugan G, Kwok O C H, McFee W E, Majumdar D, Su C
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii infection in marine mammals is intriguing and indicative of contamination of the ocean environment and coastal waters with oocysts. In previous serological surveys, >90% of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the coasts of Florida, South Carolina, and California had antibodies to T. gondii by the modified agglutination test (MAT). In the present study, attempts were made to isolate T....
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