Avian chlamydiosis: Two more bacterial players discovered

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 347-348

  Sachse, Konrad ^a   Laroucau, Karine ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA AVIUM; CHLAMYDOPHILA GALLINACEA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; PARROT; PIGEON; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; PSITTACINE; VETERINARY PATHOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIRD; CHLAMYDIA; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHLAMYDIA; POULTRY;

EID: 84901052355     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.03.017     Document Type: Editorial

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