Dawson C E, Perrett L L, Stubberfield E J, Stack J A, Farrelly S S J, Cooley W A, Davison N J, Quinney S
Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB, United Kingdom.
J Wildl Dis. 2008 Apr;44(2):237-46. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-44.2.237.
Adult female nematodes identified as Pseudalius inflexus were collected from the lungs of a juvenile male harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) found dead on a beach in Cornwall, UK. Classic and molecular typing methods, immunologic and electron microscopy immunolabeling techniques, provided evidence of Brucella sp. infection within the uterine tissue of nematodes of this marine mammal. This finding presents further evidence to suggest parasites should be considered as a potential means of transfer of bacterial infection in marine mammals and highlights the zoonotic implications for humans exposed to marine mammals through occupation or leisure.
从英国康沃尔郡海滩上发现死亡的幼年雄性港湾鼠海豚（Phocoena phocoena）的肺中收集到被鉴定为弯曲伪异尖线虫的成年雌性线虫。经典和分子分型方法、免疫和电子显微镜免疫标记技术，提供了该海洋哺乳动物线虫子宫组织内感染布鲁氏菌属的证据。这一发现进一步证明，寄生虫应被视为海洋哺乳动物细菌感染的一种潜在传播途径，并凸显了通过职业或休闲接触海洋哺乳动物的人类所面临的人畜共患病影响。
