Multilocus sequence analysis provides insights into molecular epidemiology of Chlamydia pecorum infections in Australian sheep, cattle, and koalas

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2625-2632

  Jelocnik, Martina ^a   Frentiu, Francesca D ^a   Timms, Peter ^a   Polkinghorne, Adam ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLINDNESS; CATTLE; CHLAMYDIA PECORUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; KOALA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84880621678     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00992-13     Document Type: Article

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