title: Fatal toxoplasmosis in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus).
abstract: Toxoplasma gondii-like organisms were seen in the heart, kidney, liver, lung, lymph node, spleen, small intestine, and stomach from 2 koalas that died suddenly in a fauna park in Sydney, Australia. Diagnosis was confirmed by immunohistochemical staining. This is the first confirmed report of toxoplasmosis in an arboreal marsupial.
authors.affiliation: Tarongo Zoo, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Hartley
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dubey
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Spielman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008394:Marsupialia / Q000469:parasitology*; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology