Chlorella infection in a sheep in Mexico and minireview of published reports from humans and domestic animals.
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.
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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.
Rodríguez-Tovar
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Nevárez-Garza
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López
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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