Prevalence of Chlamydophila psittaci in fecal droppings from feral pigeons in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 4423-4425

  Heddema, Edou R ^a,d   Ter Sluis, Sietske ^a   Buys, Jan A ^b   Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina M J E ^a,c   Van Wijnen, Joop H ^b   Visser, Caroline E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Medical Microbiology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; REACTION KINETICS;

CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; PIGEONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR);

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIRD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FERAL ORGANISM; GENOTYPE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; FECES; FECES DROPPING; GENOTYPE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PIGEON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COLUMBIDAE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMSTERDAM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 33745123998     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02662-05     Document Type: Article

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