Genotyping of Chlamydophila psittaci in human samples

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1989-1990

  Heddema, Edou R ^a,c   Van Hannen, Erik J ^b   Duim, Birgitta ^a   Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina M J E ^a,c   Pannekoek, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORNITHOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 33845455462     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1212.051633     Document Type: Article

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