Parachlamydiaceae: Potential emerging pathogens

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 625-630

  Greub, Gilbert ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; GENE SEQUENCE; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE; PARACHLAMYDIACEAE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0036106779     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0806.010210     Document Type: Article

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