Coccidioidomycosis in a Giant Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus)

Hutchinson, Lea R.; Duran, Fernanda Paglia; Lane, CM; Robertstad, Gordon W.; Portillo, Manuel

doi:10.2307/20094175

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“…In addition, the disease has been reported in the following captive free‐living wild animals: llamas ( Lama spp. ) , 69 Bengal tigers ( Leo tigris ) maintained in a Davis, California, compound, 70 in a giant red kangaroo ( Macropus rufus ) shipped from Australia to the El Paso Zoo, Texas, 71 a tapir ( Tapirtis terrestris ) , 72 a mountain gorilla ( Gorilla beringeri ) exhibited at the San Diego Zoo, California, 73 a sooty mangabey ( Cercocebus atys ) transported to Davis, California, from Sierra Leone, 74 and a gelada baboon ( Theropithecus gelada ) imported to Canada from Southern California 75 . Even marine species can acquire the infection and develop disease, including the Pacific bottlenose dolphin, 76 the California sea lion, 77, 78 and the southern sea otter 79 …”

Section: Coccidioidomycosis In Nonhuman Hostsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Expanding Understanding of Epidemiology of Coccidioidomycosis in the Western Hemisphere

Laniado-Laborı́n

2007

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

108

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Coccidioidomycosis is a disease of both national and worldwide importance that is most often diagnosed in nonendemic regions. The endemic region for Coccidioides spp. lies exclusively in the Western Hemisphere. Coccidioides spp. has long been identified in semiarid areas of the United States and Mexico, and endemic foci have been described in areas of Central and South America. Infection is usually the result of activities that cause the fungus to become airborne and inhaled by a susceptible host. Underlying medical diseases that affect T cell function are known to increase the risk of disseminated disease and include human immunodeficiency virus, cancer, and disease processes requiring transplantation and its subsequent immunosuppressive agents. In recent years the incidence of the coccidioidomycosis has increased in California and Arizona, which may be partially due to the massive migration of Americans to the Sunbelt states. To date the highest number of cases reported in Arizona was in 2004, when a total of 3,665 cases of coccidioidomycosis was reported, representing a 281% increase since 1997. Statistics on the prevalence and incidence of coccidioidomycosis in Latin America either are fragmentary or simply are not available.

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