Phylogenetic analysis of "Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis" isolates from pet cats in the United Kingdom, Australia, and South Africa, with analysis of risk factors for infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4430-4435

  Willi, Barbara ^a   Tasker, Séverine ^b   Boretti, Felicitas S ^a   Doherr, Marcus G ^c   Cattori, Valentino ^a   Meli, Marina L ^a   Lobetti, Remo G ^d   Malik, Richard ^e   Reusch, Claudia E ^a   Lutz, Hans ^a   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Bryanston Veterinary Hospital   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA TURICENSIS; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEMOTROPIC MYCOPLASMA; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PET ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUPERINFECTION; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; FELIDAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; MYCOPLASMATALES; RODENTIA;

EID: 33845571558     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00987-06     Document Type: Article

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