Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a Mediterranean pregnant Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) with transplacental fetal infection

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1029-1032

  Resendes, A R ^a   Almeria S ^a   Dubey, J P ^a   Obon E ^a   Juan Salles C ^a   Degollada, E ^a   Alegre, F ^a   Cabezon O ^a   Pont, S ^a   Domingo, M ^a  

^a CRAM Foundation   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; PARASITOLOGY; STRANDING;

ADRENAL DISEASE; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CRASSICAUDA GRAMPICOLA; DOLPHIN; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GASTRITIS; GLOSSITIS; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HEPATITIS; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; KIDNEY NECROSIS; LUNG DISEASE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; SINUSITIS; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMATITIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN COAST; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CRASSICAUDA; CRASSICAUDA GRAMPICOLA; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0036802005     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[1029:dtiamp]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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