Mixed infections with porcine Chlamydia trachomatis/pecorum and infections with ruminant Chlamydia psittaci serovar 1 associated with abortions in swine

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2-4, 1997, Pages 251-260

  Schiller, Irene ^a   Koesters, Robert ^a   Weilenmann, Roseline ^a   Thoma, Rudolf ^a   Kaltenboeck, Bernhard ^b   Heitz, Philipp ^a   Pospischil, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Chlamydia pecorum; Chlamydia psittaci; Chlamydia trachomatis; omp1 PCR; Pig bacteria; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GENOTYPE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FETUS; LIVER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROTYPING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0031470729     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(97)00154-5     Document Type: Article

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