Exposure of pelagic seabirds to Toxoplasma gondii in the Western Indian Ocean points to an open sea dispersal of this terrestrial parasite.

Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that uses felids as definitive hosts and warm-blooded animals as intermediate hosts. While the dispersal of T. gondii infectious oocysts from land to coastal waters has been well documented, transmission routes to pelagic species remain puzzling. We used the...

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Main Authors:	Marie-Lazarine Poulle, Matthieu Le Corre, Matthieu Bastien, Elsa Gedda, Chris Feare, Audrey Jaeger, Christine Larose, Nirmal Shah, Nina Voogt, Byron Göpper, Erwan Lagadec, Gérard Rocamora, Régine Geers, Dominique Aubert, Isabelle Villena, Camille Lebarbenchon
Format:	article
Language:	EN
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Subjects:	Medicine R Science Q
Online Access:	https://doaj.org/article/239ca6df88bb43f98c7edc666d5f850d
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Exposure of pelagic seabirds to Toxoplasma gondii in the Western Indian Ocean points to an open sea dispersal of this terrestrial parasite.

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