Genetic diversity and epizootiology of Chlamydophila psittaci prevalent among the captive and feral avian species based on VD2 region of ompA gene

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 663-678

  Chahota, Rajesh ^a   Ogawa, Hirohito ^a   Mitsuhashi, Yoko ^b   Ohya, Kenji ^a   Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Fukushi, Hideto ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hyogo Prefectural Homeland for the Oriental White Storks   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birds; Chlamydophila psittaci; Epizootiology; Genetic diversity

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FOWL; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE;

AVES; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CICONIIFORMES; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 33748924804     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2006.tb03839.x     Document Type: Article

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