More than classical Chlamydia psittaci in urban pigeons

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 476-480

  Sachse, Konrad ^a   Kuehlewind, Simone ^b   Ruettger, Anke ^a   Schubert, Evelyn ^a   Rohde, Gernot ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlamydia psittaci; Chlamydia spp.; DNA microarray testing; Non classified Chlamydiaceae; Real time PCR; Urban pigeons

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDIA PECORUM; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLOACA; DNA MICROARRAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGEON; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLOACA; COLUMBIDAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

AVES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PECORUM; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COLUMBA;

EID: 84860533574     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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