Headline : California sea otters killed by rare parasite that could also threaten humans

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Four sea otters in California died from toxoplasmosis through a rare strain of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite, and researchers warn that the strain could pose a threat to humans.

The unusual strain of Toxoplasma gondii that was studied had not been detected in California before. The findings of a study, which was conducted by scientists at California Department of Fish and Wildlife and University of California, Davis, was published in the Frontiers in Marine Science journal this week.

The four sea otters in the study were stranded on the California coast between 2020 and 2022. The study said that the toxoplasmosis cases were particularly bad, with high numbers of parasites being found all over the otters' bodies except for their brains.

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