Novel chlamydiaceae disease in captive salamanders

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1020-1022

  Martel, An ^a   Adriaensen, Connie ^a   Bogaerts, Sergé ^b   Ducatelle, Richard ^a   Favoreel, Herman ^a   Crameri, Sandra ^c   Hyatt, Alex D ^c   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a   Pasmans, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Waalre ^*  (Netherlands)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTION; EDEMA; GAIT DISORDER; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETHARGY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALAMANDER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTIONS; HEPATITIS, ANIMAL; LIVER; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALAMANDRA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84861204623     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1806.111137     Document Type: Letter

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