Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Lobomycosis in Man and Lobomycosis-like Disease in Bottlenose Dolphin, Venezuela

Luis Bermudez, Marie-Françoise Van Bressem, Oscar Reyes-Jaimes, Alejandro J. Sayegh, and Alberto Enrique Paniz-Mondolfi

Author affiliations: Cetacean Research Center, Margarita, Venezuela (L. Bermudez, A.J. Sayegh); Peruvian Centre for Cetacean Research, Pucusana, Peru (M.-F. Van Bressem); Instituto de Biomedicina, Caracas, Venezuela (O. Reyes-Jaimes, A.E. Paniz-Mondolfi); St. Luke’s–Roosevelt–Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York, USA (A.E. Paniz-Mondolfi); Instituto Venezolano de los Seguros Sociales, Caracas, Venezuela (A.E. Paniz-Mondolfi)

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Extensive lobomycosis-like disease on the beak (A) and dorsal fin (B) of a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) stranded on Margarita Island, Venezuela.

Figure 2. Extensive lobomycosis-like disease on the beak (A) and dorsal fin (B) of a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) stranded on Margarita Island, Venezuela.

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