Multi locus sequence typing of Chlamydia reveals an association between Chlamydia psittaci genotypes and host species

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Pannekoek, Yvonne ^a   Dickx, Veerle ^b   Beeckman, Delphine S A Beeckman ^b   Jolley, Keith A ^c   Keijzers, Wendy C ^a   Vretou, Evangelia ^d   Maiden, Martin C J Maiden ^c   Vanrompay, Daisy ^b   van der Ende, Arie ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDIA CAVIAE; CHLAMYDIA FELIS; CHLAMYDIA PECORUM; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; GOAT; HOST RANGE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NONHUMAN; PARROT; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHLAMYDIASIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; EQUUS ASINUS; MAMMALIA; ONDATRA; OVIS ARIES; PSITTACIDAE;

DNA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78649936336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014179     Document Type: Article

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