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Molecular characterization of Chlamydophila pneumoniae isolates from Western barred bandicoots.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Mar 2007
Kutlin Andrei, Roblin Patricia M, Kumar Swati, Kohlhoff Stephan, Bodetti Tracey, Timms Peter, Hammerschlag Margaret R
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Chlamydophila pneumoniae is an obligate intracellular respiratory pathogen that has been associated with pneumonia and chronic bronchitis, atherosclerosis, asthma and other chronic diseases in humans. However, C. pneumoniae is not restricted to humans, as originally thought, and can cause infections in several animal hosts. C. pneumoniae was isolated in cell culture from nine Western barred bandicoots (Perameles...
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