The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan.
Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, Nakagusuku-Gun, Sembaru 1, Nishihara-Cho, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan.
Mycopathologia. 2022 Aug;187(4):385-391. doi: 10.1007/s11046-022-00643-8. Epub 2022 Jun 8.
Paracoccidiodomycosis ceti (PCM-C) is a zoonotic mycosis characterized by chronic granulomatous cutaneous lesions in cetaceans. It is distributed worldwide and is caused by an unculturable fungus; Paracoccidioides cetii. On the other hand, coccidioidomycosis (CCM), caused by Coccidioides spp., is also a zoonotic and highly pathogenic fungal infection endemic in both American continents. Even though the Far East is not an endemic area of CCM, an autochthonous case has been reported in China. Although the seroprevalence against P. cetii in captive dolphins was 61.0%, there is no information on wild dolphins living in cold waters. The present study aimed to investigate the seroprevalence against P. cetii and C. posadasii in 15 Dall's porpoises (Phocoenoides dalli) and 11 harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded in Hokkaido, Japan. The seroprevalence against P. cetii in the above dolphins was 26.9% (7/26), which was recorded only in Dall's porpoises (7/15), and that against C. posadasii was 15.4% (4/26), three in Dall's porpoises and one in harbor porpoise. The present study demonstrated positive seroprevalence against P. cetii and C. posadasii in wild cetaceans living in the subarctic areas of the Far East as the first records, and would issue the warning those who live in the area were exposed to the causative agent of CCM from seawater.
海栖副球孢子菌病(PCM-C)是一种动物源性真菌病,其特征为鲸目动物慢性肉芽肿性皮肤损伤。它分布于世界各地,由一种不可培养的真菌——海栖副球孢子菌引起。另一方面,由粗球孢子菌引起的球孢子菌病(CCM)也是一种动物源性、高致病性真菌感染,在美洲大陆均有流行。尽管远东不是 CCM 的流行地区,但中国也有本土病例报告。尽管圈养海豚针对 P. cetii 的血清阳性率为 61.0%,但对生活在冷水区的野生海豚尚无相关信息。本研究旨在调查日本北海道搁浅的 15 头白海豚(Phocoenoides dalli)和 11 头港湾鼠海豚(Phocoena phocoena)针对 P. cetii 和 C. posadasii 的血清阳性率。上述海豚针对 P. cetii 的血清阳性率为 26.9%(7/26),仅在白海豚中记录到(7/15),针对 C. posadasii 的血清阳性率为 15.4%(4/26),3 头在白海豚中,1 头在港湾鼠海豚中。本研究首次在远东的亚北极地区生活的野生鲸目动物中证明了针对 P. cetii 和 C. posadasii 的阳性血清阳性率,并发出警告,生活在该地区的人可能会从海水中接触到 CCM 的病原体。