Visceral leishmaniosis and parapoxvirus infection in a Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus)

TOPLU N., Aydogan A., OGUZOGLU T. C.

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY, vol.136, no.4, pp.283-287, 2007 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 136 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2007.02.005
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.283-287
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: No

Abstract

A Mediterranean monk seal was shown by immunohistochemical and polymerase chain reaction techniques to be dually infected with a Leishmania sp. and parapoxvirus. The pathological findings included a deep ulcer on the side of the head, ulcers on the gingival and inner aspect of the lower lip, enlarged lymph nodes and tonsils, and respiratory, lesions (pulmonary consolidation, oedema, haemorrhages and emphysema; tracheal and bronchial congestion, exudates and haemorrhage). Amastigotes were demonstrated in macrophages in the lymph nodes and spleen, and intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies were observed in the tracheal and oral mucosa. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.