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Prevalence and characterization of Chlamydia DNA in zoo animals in Japan.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Sept 2015
Kabeya Hidenori, Sato Shingo, Maruyama Soichi
Abstract excerpt
Because many people visit zoos, prevention of zoonoses is important from the standpoint of public health. This study examined the prevalence of Chlamydia among zoo animals in Japan by PCR and characterized these bacteria by performing phylogenetic analyses of the sequences of the variable domain (VD) 2 and VD4 regions of the ompA gene, which encodes the Chlamydia major outer membrane protein. Fecal samples were...
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