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