Chlamydophila spp. infection in horses with recurrent airway obstruction: Similarities to human chronic obstructive disease

Respiratory Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Theegarten, Dirk ^a   Sachse, Konrad ^b   Mentrup, Britta ^a   Fey, Kerstin ^c   Hotzel, Helmut ^b   Anhenn, Olaf ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d General Hospital   (Germany)

^e RUHRLANDKLINIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; DUST; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DUST; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA;

EID: 42949096527     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-9-14     Document Type: Article

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