Impact of urban environment and host phenotype on the epidemiology of Chlamydiaceae in feral pigeons (Columba livia)

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3186-3193

  Gasparini, J ^a   Erin, N ^a,b   Bertin, C ^c   Jacquin, L ^a   Vorimore, F ^c   Frantz, A ^a   Lenouvel, P ^a   Laroucau, K ^c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLOACA; FRANCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGY; ORNITHOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PIGMENTATION; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CITIES; CLOACA; COLUMBIDAE; GENOTYPE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PARIS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PREVALENCE; PSITTACOSIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PARISIA;

EID: 82555169711     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02575.x     Document Type: Article

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