Recent developments in the laboratory diagnosis of chlamydial infections

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 2-21

  Sachse, Konrad ^a   Vretou, Evangelia ^b   Livingstone, Morag ^c   Borel, Nicole ^d   Pospischil, Andreas ^d   Longbottom, David ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibody detection; Antigen detection; Chlamydia; Chlamydophila; DNA amplification tests; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD DISEASE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; DNA MICROARRAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

AVES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 61849155818     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.040     Document Type: Article

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