Is Toxoplasma gondii a threat to the conservation of free-ranging Australian marsupial populations?

It has often been asserted that Australian marsupial species are particularly susceptible to Toxoplasma gondii infection and to clinical toxoplasmosis following infection. This implicates T. gondii as a potential threat to marsupial population viability, and contrasts to what is known of T. gondii i...

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Main Authors: Alison E. Hillman, Alan J. Lymbery, R.C. Andrew Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-04-01
Series:International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224415300274