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An atypical Toxoplasma gondii genotype in a rural Brazilian dog co-infected with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2000
Silva Rodrigo Costa da, Caffaro Karen, Paula Carolina Lechinski, Risseti Rafaela Mastrangelo, Langoni Helio, Megid Jane, Melanchauski Mariana Serrano, Souza Katiane Lohn, Takahira Regina Kiomi, Machado Vânia Maria de Vasconcelos
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasmosis and leishmaniasis are two worldwide zoonoses caused by the protozoan parasites Toxoplasma gondii and Leishmania spp., respectively. This report describes the clinical and laboratorial findings of a co-infection with both parasites in a 4-year-old female dog suspected of ehrlichiosis that presented anemia, thrombocytopenia, hypoalbuminemia, hyperglobulinemia, tachyzoite-like structures to the lung...
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