Multilocus sequence typing identifies an avian-like Chlamydia psittaci strain involved in equine placentitis and associated with subsequent human psittacosis

Emerg Microbes Infect. 2017 Feb 15;6(2):e7. doi: 10.1038/emi.2016.135.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chlamydophila psittaci / classification*
  • Chlamydophila psittaci / genetics
  • Chlamydophila psittaci / isolation & purification
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Female
  • Genotype*
  • Horse Diseases / microbiology*
  • Horse Diseases / transmission
  • Horses
  • Humans
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing*
  • Phylogeny
  • Placenta Diseases / microbiology
  • Placenta Diseases / veterinary*
  • Pregnancy
  • Psittacosis / microbiology*
  • Psittacosis / transmission
  • Zoonoses / microbiology*
  • Zoonoses / transmission