Avian Chlamydiosis as a Zoonotic Disease and Risk Reduction Strategies
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Evaluation of a Chlamydophila psittaci infection diagnostic platform for zoonotic risk assessment.
Reports on zoonotic transmission of Chlamydophila psittaci originating from poultry are incidentally published. During recent studies in European turkeys we isolated C. psittaci genotypes A, B, D, E, F, and E/B, all considered potentially dangerous for humans. This encouraged us to analyze the zoonotic risk on a Belgian turkey farm, from production onset until slaughter, using a Chlamydophila p...
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