Chlamydia pneumoniae is genetically diverse in animals and appears to have crossed the host barrier to humans on (at least) two occasions

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Mitchell, Candice M ^a   Hutton, Susan ^b   Myers, Garry S A ^c   Brunham, Robert ^d   Timms, Peter ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IRAN; JAPAN; KOREA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; EQUIDAE; METATHERIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 77954039332     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000903     Document Type: Article

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