Chlamydia-Related Bacteria in Free-Living and Captive Great Apes, Gabon

Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Dec;22(12):2199-2201. doi: 10.3201/eid2212.150893.
No abstract available

Keywords: Candidatus Rhabdochlamydia; Chlamydia; Chlamydiae; Chlamydiales; Gabon; Gorilla gorilla gorilla; Pan troglodytes troglodytes; Waddlia chondrophila; bacteria; central Africa; central chimpanzee; great apes; real-time PCR; sequencing; western lowland gorilla; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Ape Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Ape Diseases / microbiology*
  • Chlamydia / classification*
  • Chlamydia / genetics
  • Chlamydia / isolation & purification
  • Chlamydia Infections / veterinary*
  • Gabon / epidemiology
  • Hominidae / microbiology*
  • Molecular Typing
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics

Substances

  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S