Prevalence and genotype distribution of chlamydia psittaci in feral Canada geese (Branta canadensis) in Belgium

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 382-384

  Dickx, Veerle ^a   Kalmar, Isabelle D ^a   Tavernier, Paul ^a,b   Vanrompay, Daisy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chlamydia psittaci; Geese; Wildlife; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIRD; BRANTA CANADENSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; GOOSE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RESERVOIR; THROAT CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BELGIUM; BIRD DISEASES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GEESE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PSITTACOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

ANSER; AVES; BRANTA CANADENSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 84878564882     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1131     Document Type: Article

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