Biological and molecular characterizations of Toxoplasma gondii strains obtained from southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)

R. A. Cole; D. S. Lindsay; D. K. Howe; C. L. Roderick; J. P. Dubey; N. J. Thomas; L. A. Baeten

doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0526:bamcot]2.0.co;2

Biological and molecular characterizations of Toxoplasma gondii strains obtained from southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)

R. A. Cole, D. S. Lindsay, D. K. Howe, C. L. Roderick, J. P. Dubey, N. J. Thomas, L. A. Baeten

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Toxoplasma gondii was isolated from brain or heart tissue from 15 southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) in cell cultures. These strains were used to infect mice that developed antibodies to T. gondii as detected in the modified direct agglutination test and had T. gondii tissue cysts in their brains at necropsy. Mouse brains containing tissue cysts from 4 of the strains were fed to 4 cats. Two of the cats excreted T. gondii oocysts in their feces that were infectious for mice. Molecular analyses of 13 strains indicated that they were all type II strains, but that they were genetically distinct from one another.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	526-530
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Parasitology
Volume	86
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0526:bamcot]2.0.co;2
State	Published - Jun 2000

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Biological and molecular characterizations of Toxoplasma gondii strains obtained from southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)

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