Parachlamydia acanthamoebae and its zoonotic risk

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 185-191

  Borel, Nicole ^a   Pospischil, Andreas ^a   Greub, Gilbert ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PARACHLAMYDIA ANTIBODY; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BOVIDS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION RISK; MAMMAL; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE; PATHOGENESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPTILE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SWINE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 78649698777     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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