Molecular Detection and Characterization of Mycoplasma spp. in Marine Mammals, Brazil

Mycoplasma spp. are wall-less bacteria able to infect mammals and are classified as hemotropic (hemoplasma) and nonhemotropic. In aquatic mammals, hemoplasma have been reported in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) and river dolphins (Inia spp.). We investigated Mycoplasma spp. in blood...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Aricia Duarte-Benvenuto, Carlos Sacristán, Ana Carolina Ewbank, Roberta Zamana-Ramblas, Henrique Christino Lial, Samira Costa Silva, Maria Alejandra Arias Lugo, Lara B. Keid, Caroline F. Pessi, José Rubens Sabbadini, Vanessa L. Ribeiro, Rodrigo del Rio do Valle, Carolina Pacheco Bertozzi, Adriana Castaldo Colosio, Hernani da Cunha Gomes Ramos, Angélica María Sánchez-Sarmiento, Raquel Beneton Ferioli, Larissa Pavanelli, Joana Midori Penalva Ikeda, Vitor L. Carvalho, Felipe Alexandre Catardo Gonçalves, Pablo Ibáñez-Porras, Irene Sacristán, José Luiz Catão-Dias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-12-01
Subjects:
Mycoplasma
hemoplasmas
hemotropic Mycoplasma
bacteria
zoonoses
cetaceans
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/12/23-0903_article

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