TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN MARINE ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

Since the end of the 1990s, many marine mammals are infected with T. gondii worldwide. Many cases of infection are related to sea otter. Because sea otters do not eat vertebrates, invertebrates are the possible route of infection. The possibility of accumulating oocysts by filtering invertebrates and transferring them to the next level of the food chain is important because of the circulation of parasites in the natural environment and also for public health.