Chlamydophila psittaci zoonotic risk assessment in a chicken and turkey slaughterhouse

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3244-3250

  Dickx, V ^a   Geens, T ^b   Deschuyffeleer, T ^a,b   Tyberghien, L ^a,b   Harkinezhad, T ^a,c   Beeckman, D S A ^a   Braeckman, L ^a   Vanrompay, D ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Provikmo   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOAEROSOL MONITORING; CHICKEN; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DRY EYE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVISCERATION; EYE PAIN; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OCULAR PRURITUS; ORNITHOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TURKEY (BIRD); ZOONOSIS;

ABATTOIRS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHICKENS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PSITTACOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TURKEYS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI;

EID: 77956824739     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00698-10     Document Type: Article

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