Epizootiology of Chlamydia infections in two free-range koala populations

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 255-264

  Jackson, Michael ^a   White, Neil ^a   Giffard, Phil ^a   Timms, Peter ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydia spp.; Epizootiology; Free range populations; Koala

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PECORUM; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 0032998320     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(98)00302-2     Document Type: Article

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