title: Chlorella infection in a sheep in Mexico and minireview of published reports from humans and domestic animals.
abstract: Algal infections are rare in humans and domestic animals. Prototheca spp. and Chlorella spp. are among the most commonly reported. Herein, we present a brief review on Chlorella spp. infections and related pathologies and discuss this information including a natural case in a sheep in Mexico with a disseminated form of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Cuerpo Académico de Patobiología, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, UANL, Ave. Francisco Villa, s/n, Col. Ex Hacienda El Canadá, Gral. Escobedo, NL, 66050, Mexico.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Romero
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Tovar
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nevárez-Garza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000382:microbiology; D002708:Chlorella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008800:Mexico; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology