Chlamydiae in free-ranging and captive frogs in Switzerland

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-150

  Blumer, C ^a   Zimmermann, D R ^b   Weilenmann, R ^a   Vaughan, L ^a   Pospischil, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Chlamydia; Immunohistochemistry; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OMP ALPHA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; OMP-ALPHA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWITZERLAND;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA SUIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDIALES; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE TW-183; RANA TEMPORARIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33947169501     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.44-2-144     Document Type: Article

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