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Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii isolates in meningo-encephalitis affected striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) from Italy.
Veterinary parasitology - 29 Dec 2011
Di Guardo Giovanni, Di Cesare Angela, Otranto Domenico, Casalone Cristina, Iulini Barbara, Mignone Walter, Tittarelli Cristiana, Meloni Silvana, Castagna Giuseppe, Forster Fiona, Kennedy Seamus, Traversa Donato
Abstract excerpt
This study reports the occurrence of Toxoplasma gondii in the brain of three striped dolphins (Stenella ceoruleoalba) found stranded on the Ligurian Sea coast of Italy between 2007 and 2008. These animals showed a severe, subacute to chronic, non-purulent, multifocal meningo-encephalitis, with the cerebral parenchyma of two dolphins harbouring protozoan cysts and zoites immunohistochemically linked to T. gondii....
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