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Molecular prevalence and genotyping of Chlamydia spp. in wild birds from South Korea.
The Journal of veterinary medical science - 7 Jul 2017
Jeong Jipseol, An Injung, Oem Jae-Ku, Wang Seung-Jun, Kim Yongkwan, Shin Jeong-Hwa, Woo Chanjin, Kim Youngsik, Jo Seong-Deok, Son Kidong, Lee Saemi, Jheong Weonhwa
Abstract excerpt
Wild birds are reservoirs for Chlamydia spp. Of the total 225 samples from wild birds during January to September 2016 in Korea, 4 (1.8%) and 2 (0.9%) showed positive for Chlamydia psittaci and Chlamydia gallinacea, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses and comparisons of sequence identities for outer-membrane protein A (ompA) revealed that Korean C. psittaci fall into three previously known genotypes; genotype E,...
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