Chlamydophila psittaci in homing and feral pigeons and zoonotic transmission

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1348-1353

  Dickx, V ^a   Beeckman, D S A ^a   Dossche, L ^a   Tavernier, P ^a,b   Vanrompay, D ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BELGIUM; BREEDING; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIRD DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PIGEONS AND DOVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ZOONOSIS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BELGIUM; BIRD DISEASES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COLUMBIDAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PSITTACOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 78049498607     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.023499-0     Document Type: Article

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