Fatal pulmonary parafilaroidiasis in a free-ranging subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) coinfected with two gammaherpesviruses and Sarcocystis sp
Rev. bras. parasitol. vet; 28 (3), 2019
Abstract A juvenile subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) found dead in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil, presented with disseminated verminous pneumonia due to Parafilaroides sp. A concomitant infection with two different gammaherpesviruses was identified by PCR in different tissues; one...
Coinfección, Resultado Fatal, Lobos Marinos/parasitología, Lobos Marinos/virología, Gammaherpesvirinae/genética, Infecciones por Herpesviridae/diagnóstico, Infecciones por Herpesviridae/veterinaria, Infecciones por Herpesviridae/virología, Enfermedades Pulmonares/parasitología, Enfermedades Pulmonares/veterinaria, Enfermedades Pulmonares/virología, Sarcocystis/genética, Sarcocistosis/diagnóstico, Sarcocistosis/veterinaria