Deer as a potential wildlife reservoir for Parachlamydia species

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 589-592

  Regenscheit, Nadine ^a   Holzwarth, Nathalie ^a   Greub, Gilbert ^b   Aeby, Sébastien ^b   Pospischil, Andreas ^a   Borel, Nicole ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlamydiaceae; Parachlamydia; Red deer; Roe deer; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BOVIDS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACHLAMYDIA; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RED DEER; RNA SEQUENCE; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIALES; CONJUNCTIVA; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CHLAMYDIA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIALES; PARACHLAMYDIA;

EID: 84865860913     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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