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| Title |
Transmission of Toxoplasma gondii by marine snails
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| Published in |
Environmental Microbiology, July 2015
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| DOI | 10.1111/1462-2920.12927 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Colin Krusor, Woutrina A Smith, M Tim Tinker, Mary Silver, Patricia A Conrad, Karen Shapiro |
| Abstract |
The parasite Toxoplasma gondii is an environmentally persistent pathogen that can cause fatal disease in humans, terrestrial warm-blooded animals, and aquatic mammals. While an association between T. gondii exposure and prey specialization on marine snails was identified in threatened California sea otters, the ability of kelp-dwelling snails to transmit terrestrially derived pathogens has not been previously investigated. The objective of this study was to measure concentration and retention of T. gondii by marine snails in laboratory aquaria, and to test for natural T. gondii contamination in field-collected snails. Following exposure to T. gondii-containing seawater, oocysts were detected by microscopy in snail feces and tissues for ten and three days, respectively. Nested PCR was also applied as a method for confirming putative T. gondii oocysts detected in snail feces and tissues by microscopy. Toxoplasma gondii was not detected in field-collected snails. Results suggest that turban snails are competent transport hosts for T. gondii. By concentrating oocysts in fecal pellets, snails may facilitate entry of T. gondii into the nearshore marine food web. This novel mechanism also represents a general pathway by which marine transmission of terrestrially derived microorganisms can be mediated via pathogen concentration and retention by benthic invertebrates. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 5 | 83% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 50% |
| Scientists | 2 | 33% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 73 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 13 | 17% |
| Researcher | 11 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 12% |
| Professor | 7 | 9% |
| Other | 12 | 16% |
| Unknown | 13 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 23 | 31% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 19 | 25% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 5% |
| Engineering | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 12% |
| Unknown | 13 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 February 2016.
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