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European Chlamydia abortus livestock isolate genomes reveal unusual stability and limited diversity, reflected in geographical signatures.
BMC genomics - 4 May 2017
Seth-Smith H M B, Busó Leonor Sánchez, Livingstone M, Sait M, Harris S R, Aitchison K D, Vretou Evangelia, Siarkou V I, Laroucau K, Sachse K, Longbottom D, Thomson N R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Chlamydia abortus (formerly Chlamydophila abortus) is an economically important livestock pathogen, causing ovine enzootic abortion (OEA), and can also cause zoonotic infections in humans affecting pregnancy outcome. Large-scale genomic studies on other chlamydial species are giving insights into the biology of these organisms but have not yet been performed on C. abortus. Our aim was to investigate a...
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