Chlamydia pneumoniae in a free-ranging giant barred frog (Mixophyes iteratus) from Australia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2378-2380

  Berger, Lee ^a   Volp, Kym ^b   Mathews, Sarah ^b   Speare, Rick ^c   Timms, Peter ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FROG; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE; MIXOPHYES ITERATUS;

EID: 0033002686     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.7.2378-2380.1999     Document Type: Article

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