Epidemiology of Chlamydia psittaci Infection in Racing Pigeons and Pigeon Fanciers in Beijing, China

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 401-406

  Ling, Y ^a   Chen, H ^a   Chen, X ^a   Yang, X ^b   Yang, J ^a   Bavoil, P M ^c   He, C ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Antigen; Beijing; Chlamydia psittaci; Fancier; Isolate; Pigeon; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI; COLUMBA LIVIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; THROAT CULTURE; ZOONOTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PSITTACOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; VETERINARY; ZOONOSIS;

AVES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COLUMBIDAE; HUMANS; PSITTACOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84937031282     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12161     Document Type: Article

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