Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Chlamydophila psittaci in throat and cloacal swabs from birds migrating through Slovakia

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 653-658

  Schwarzova K ^a   Betakova T ^a   Nemeth J ^b   Mizakova A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b Military Veterinary Institute   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLASSIFICATION; CLOACA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; ORNITHOSIS; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SLOVAKIA;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLOACA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; LYME DISEASE; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSITTACOSIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SLOVAKIA;

AVES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA FELIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI;

EID: 33847174707     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931634     Document Type: Article

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