Prevalence of chlamydia psittaci in pigeons in Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari and Yazd provinces of Iran, by nested-PCR, 2012

Background and objectives: Chlamydia psittaci is an intracellular bacterium that may cause endemic avian chlamydios is and respiratory psittacosis in humans. Feral birds and domesticated poultry are considered as potential hosts. While feral pigeons in towns worldwide are commonly infected, infectio...

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Main Authors: Mohammadreza Mahzonieh, Heidar Heidari khoei, Mohammad Ghasemi Shamsabadi, Fatemeh Heidari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Farname 2013-06-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmm.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-26&slc_lang=en&sid=1