Chlamydia psittaci in Swedish wetland birds: A risk to zoonotic infection?

Avian Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 737-740

  Blomqvist, Maria ^a   Christerson, Linus ^a   Waldenström, Jonas ^b   Herrmann, Björn ^a   Olsen, Björn ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

16S RNA gene; Anas platyrhynchos; Chlamydia psittaci; Chlamydiosis; Mallard; ompA

Indexed keywords

OMPA OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLOACA; DNA SEQUENCE; DUCK; FECES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORNITHOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEDEN; WETLAND; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLOACA; DUCKS; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PSITTACOSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWEDEN; WETLANDS; ZOONOSES;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI;

EID: 84871747013     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/10105-022812-ResNote.1     Document Type: Article

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