Genetic diversity of Chlamydia pecorum strains in wild koala locations across Australia and the implications for a recombinant C. pecorum major outer membrane protein based vaccine

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 513-522

  Kollipara, Avinash ^a   Polkinghorne, Adam ^a   Wan, Charles ^a   Kanyoka, Pride ^a   Hanger, Jon ^b   Loader, Joanne ^b   Callaghan, John ^c   Bell, Alicia ^c   Ellis, William ^d   Fitzgibbon, Sean ^d   Melzer, Alistar ^e   Beagley, Kenneth ^a   Timms, Peter ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Endeavour Veterinary Ecology Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c City of Gold Coast   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino type; Chlamydia pecorum; Diversity; Koala; MOMP; OmpA

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL VACCINE; CHLAMYDIA PECORUM VACCINE; EPITOPE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLAMYDIA PECORUM; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INFECTION RATE; KOALA; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PURIFYING SELECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WILD ANIMAL; WILDLIFE;

CHLAMYDOPHILA PECORUM; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

AMINO TYPE; CHLAMYDIA PECORUM; DIVERSITY; KOALA; MOMP; OMPA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 84888058586     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.08.009     Document Type: Article

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