Fatal toxoplasmosis associated with an atypical Toxoplasma gondii strain in a Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) in Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 196, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 523-527

  Fernandez Aguilar X ^a   Ajzenberg, D ^b,c   Cabezon O ^a   Martinez Lopez A ^d   Darwich, L ^a,e   Dubey, J P ^f   Almeria S ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^d Hospital Veterinari Sala Gorön   (Spain)

^e CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical genotype; Bennett's wallaby; Fatal toxoplasmosis; Macropus rufogriseus; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EUROPE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MACROPUS RUFOGRISEUS; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS RUFOGRISEUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ATYPICAL GENOTYPE; BENNETT'S WALLABY; FATAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; MACROPUS RUFOGRISEUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; FATAL OUTCOME; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84881542542     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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