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Detection and characterization of a Cryptosporidium isolate from a southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) from the Antarctic peninsula.

ABSTRACT: The presence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in 221 fecal samples from different species of Antarctic pinnipeds was investigated by immunofluorescence microscopy and PCR. Cryptosporidium, a skunk-like genotype, was detected only in a southern elephant seal. Giardia was not detected. This is the first report of a Cryptosporidium sp. in Antarctic marine mammals.

SUBMITTER: Rengifo-Herrera C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3067219 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Detection and characterization of a Cryptosporidium isolate from a southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) from the Antarctic peninsula.

Rengifo-Herrera C C   Ortega-Mora L M LM   Gómez-Bautista M M   García-Moreno F T FT   García-Párraga D D   Castro-Urda J J   Pedraza-Díaz S S  

Applied and environmental microbiology 20101217 4

The presence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in 221 fecal samples from different species of Antarctic pinnipeds was investigated by immunofluorescence microscopy and PCR. Cryptosporidium, a skunk-like genotype, was detected only in a southern elephant seal. Giardia was not detected. This is the first report of a Cryptosporidium sp. in Antarctic marine mammals. ...[more]

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