Molecular epidemiology of Mycoplasma conjunctivae in Caprinae: Transmission across species in natural outbreaks

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1913-1919

  Belloy, Luc ^a,c   Janovsky, Martin ^a,d   Vilei, Edy M ^a   Pilo, Paola ^a   Giacometti, Marco ^b   Frey, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Wildvet Projects   (Switzerland)

^c Institut Galli Valerio   (Switzerland)

^d Landesveterinärdirektion   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENES; STRAIN;

MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

LIPOPROTEIN;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOAT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOVIDS; CAPRINAE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GRAZING; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LPPS GENE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA CONJUNCTIVAE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILDLIFE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS, INFECTIOUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; RUMINANTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAPRINAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA CONJUNCTIVAE;

EID: 0242668358     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.4.1913-1919.2003     Document Type: Article

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