A new equine and zoonotic threat emerges from an old avian pathogen, Chlamydia psittaci.
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Publication Date: 2017-06-02 PubMed ID: 28583739DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.05.025Google Scholar: Lookup
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Cite This Article
APA
Polkinghorne A, Greub G.
(2017).
A new equine and zoonotic threat emerges from an old avian pathogen, Chlamydia psittaci.
Clin Microbiol Infect, 23(10), 693-694.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2017.05.025 Publication
Researcher Affiliations
- Centre for Animal Health Innovation, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. Electronic address: apolking@usc.edu.au.
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne and University Hospital Center, Lausanne, Switzerland.
MeSH Terms
- Abortion, Veterinary / epidemiology
- Abortion, Veterinary / microbiology
- Animals
- Bird Diseases / epidemiology
- Bird Diseases / microbiology
- Bird Diseases / transmission
- Birds
- Chlamydophila psittaci / classification
- Chlamydophila psittaci / genetics
- Chlamydophila psittaci / pathogenicity
- Horse Diseases / epidemiology
- Horse Diseases / microbiology
- Horse Diseases / transmission
- Horses
- Humans
- New South Wales / epidemiology
- Psittacosis / epidemiology
- Psittacosis / microbiology
- Psittacosis / transmission
- Psittacosis / veterinary
- Zoonoses / epidemiology
- Zoonoses / microbiology
- Zoonoses / transmission
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