Well water as a possible source of Waddlia chondrophila infections

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 529-532

  Codony, Francesc ^a   Fittipaldi, Mariana ^a   López, Esther ^a   Morató, Jordi ^a   Agustí, Gemma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental detection; Infection source; Quantitative PCR; Waddlia chondrophila; Waterborne transmission

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIALES; DRINKING WATER; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; WADDLIA CHONDROPHILA;

EID: 84871121363     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME12048     Document Type: Article

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