Occurrence of Chlamydia spp. in wild birds in Thailand

• Published in: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
• Main Authors: Suksai Parut, Onket Rattanaporn, Wiriyarat Witthawat, Sangkachai Nareerat, Lekcharoen Paisin, Sariya Ladawan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019
• Subjects: asian openbill stork; chlamydia spp; wild bird; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Olor
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4103/1995-7645.250839; https://doaj.org/article/d89b431743f44fcd8825990d9c6145e1

Objective: To determine the occurrence of Chlamydia spp. in wild birds in Thailand. Methods: Cloacal and tracheal swabs of 313 wild birds from 11 orders, 27 families, and 51 species were tested to determine the occurrence of Chlamydia infection. The outer membrane protein A (ompA) gene was amplified...