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COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 36, Issue 3, Pages 217-231Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2012.10.006
Keywords
Toxoplasma gondii; One Health; Oocyst; Modeling; Transport; Molecular characterization; Climate change; Land use change; Zoonotic disease; Environmental resistance
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- NSF-Ecology of Infectious Disease Grants [0525765, 1065990]
- National Institutes of Health [5K01RR031487]
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Oceans and Human Health Initiative [S08-67884]
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Ocean Sciences [1065990] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Ocean Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [0525765] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Environmental transmission of extremely resistant Toxoplasma gondii oocysts has resulted in infection of diverse species around the world, leading to severe disease and deaths in human and animal populations. This review explores T. gondii oocyst shedding, survival, and transmission, emphasizing the importance of linking laboratory and landscape from molecular characterization of oocysts to watershed-level models of oocyst loading and transport in terrestrial and aquatic systems. Building on discipline-specific studies, a One Health approach incorporating tools and perspectives from diverse fields and stakeholders has contributed to an advanced understanding of T. gondii and is addressing transmission at the rapidly changing human animal environment interface. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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