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SUBMITTER: Salas-Fajardo MY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10698072 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Salas-Fajardo Martha Ynés MY Benavides Julio J Azevedo Alexandre A Figueiras Paulo P Monteiro Madalena M Orge Leonor L Mendonça Paula P Carvalho Paulo P Waap Helga H Ortega-Mora Luis Miguel LM Calero-Bernal Rafael R
Veterinary research communications 20230721 4
New World monkeys are especially vulnerable to develop severe clinical manifestations and succumb to acute toxoplasmosis. This study aimed to describe the histopathological findings and genotypic characterization of the Toxoplasma gondii strain involved in a lethal case occurring in a zoo-housed black-capped squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis) in Portugal. Cyst-like structures suggestive of Sarcocystidae parasites and acute injuries in liver and brain were observed by light microscopy examinat ...[more]