AFLP allows the identification of genomic markers of ruminant Chlamydia psittaci strains useful for typing and epidemiological studies

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 735-744

  Boumedine, K S ^a   Rodolakis, A ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

AFLP; Chlamydia psittaci; Abortion; Epidemiology; Genomic markers; Molecular typing; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; ORNITHOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PSITTACOSIS; RUMINANTS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0032197107     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(99)80020-5     Document Type: Article

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