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J Wildl Dis
; 60(1): 223-228, 2024 Jan 01.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37756694
RESUMO
A southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) stranded dead in central California, USA, with a distended pericardial sac containing thousands of free-floating proteinaceous masses. Serology, fungal culture, PCR, and sequencing confirmed the etiology of this novel lesion as Coccidioides immitis. Range expansion of this zoonotic pathogen is predicted with climate change.