Chlamydiaceae are obligatory intracellular bacteria causing acute and chronic diseases in
animals and humans worldwide, with recently discovered species with a still unclear …

Investigations on fecal samples, vaginal swabs and sera from roe deer (Capreolus
capreolus) in south-western France led to the detection of a non-classified Chlamydiaceae …

Background The epidemiological situation of ovine chlamydial infections in continental
Europe, especially Germany is poorly characterised. Using the German state of Thuringia as …

Chlamydia psittaci is a zoonotic pathogen associated primarily with avian chlamydiosis.
New chlamydial agents with suspected zoonotic potential were recently detected from …

Background: Zoonotic Chlamydia (C.) psittaci, can be found in different bird species, but also
in other animals and humans. Recently, new species have been described, as C. gallinacea …

A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was developed to detect Chlamydia psittaci DNA
in faeces and tissue samples from avian species. Primers were designed to amplify a 264 bp …

In poultry several Chlamydia species have been detected, but Chlamydia psittaci and
Chlamydia gallinacea appear to be most prevalent and important. Chlamydia psittaci is a …

The genus Chlamydia comprises obligate intracellular bacteria that infect a wide variety of
hosts, with infection leading to a range of diseases in humans and animals; they thus …

Although there are indications for venereal transmission of chlamydiae in cattle,
epidemiological data on the presence of these bacteria in bulls and bull semen in particular …

Bacteria of the family Chlamydiaceae are globally disseminated and able to infect many bird
species. So far, 11 species of Chlamydia have been detected in wild birds, and several …