PCR detection of Chlamydia psittaci in faecal samples from passerine birds in Sweden

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 481-484

  Olsen, B ^a   Persson, K ^b   Broholm, K A ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES; SWEDEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSITTACOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SONGBIRDS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031727231     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898001320     Document Type: Article

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