Evidence for Chlamydia in wild mammals of the Serengeti

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1074-1078

  Pospischil, Andreas ^a   Kaiser, Carmen ^a   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^a   Lutz, Hans ^a   Hilbe, Monika ^a   Vaughan, Lloyd ^a   Borel, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Chlamydia; Serengeti; Wild mammalian species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867719783     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2011-10-298     Document Type: Article

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