Molecular evidence for chlamydial infections in the eyes of sheep

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 142-146

  Polkinghorne, A ^a   Borel, N ^a   Becker, A ^a   Lu, Z H ^b   Zimmermann, D R ^c   Brugnera, E ^a   Pospischil, A ^a   Vaughan, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Chlamydophila; Conjunctivitis; PCR; Serology; Sheep

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BIODIVERSITY; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; KERATITIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA SUIS; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDIALES; CHLAMYDOPHILA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 61449249622     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.034     Document Type: Article

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