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Prevalence and genotype of Toxoplasma gondii in stranded Hawaiian cetaceans.
Diseases of aquatic organisms - 17 Nov 2022
Landrau-Giovannetti Nelmarie, Waltzek Thomas B, López-Orozco Natalia, Su Chunlei, Rotstein David, Levine Gregg, Rodrigues Thaís C S, Silva-Krott Ilse, Humann Conner, West Kristi
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Toxoplasma gondii is a significant threat to endangered Hawaiian wildlife including birds and marine mammals. To estimate the prevalence of T. gondii in stranded cetaceans from 1997 to 2021 in Hawai'i, we tested tissues from 37 stranded spinner dolphins Stenella longirostris and 51 stranded individuals that represented 18 other cetacean species. DNA from cetacean tissue extracts were screened using a nested...
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