A review on chlamydial diseases in animals: still a challenge for pathologists?

N Borel, A Polkinghorne, A Pospischil - Veterinary pathology, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Chlamydiae have a worldwide distribution causing a wide range of diseases in human
hosts, livestock, and companion animals as well as in wildlife and exotic species. Moreover …

A comprehensive review on avian chlamydiosis: a neglected zoonotic disease

K Ravichandran, S Anbazhagan, K Karthik… - Tropical animal health …, 2021 - Springer
Avian chlamydiosis is one of the important neglected diseases with critical zoonotic
potential. Chlamydia psittaci, the causative agent, affects most categories of birds, livestock …

Genome organization and genomics in Chlamydia: whole genome sequencing increases understanding of chlamydial virulence, evolution, and phylogeny

LDW Luu, V Kasimov, S Phillips, GSA Myers… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The genus Chlamydia contains important obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens to
humans and animals, including C. trachomatis and C. pneumoniae. Since 1998, when the …

A review of chlamydial infections in wild birds

HS Stokes, ML Berg, ATD Bennett - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Chlamydia are a globally distributed genus of bacteria that can infect and cause
disease in a range of hosts. Birds are the primary host for multiple chlamydial species. The …

An epizootic of Chlamydia psittaci equine reproductive loss associated with suspected spillover from native Australian parrots

C Jenkins, M Jelocnik, ML Micallef… - Emerging microbes & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Chlamydia psittaci is an avian pathogen capable of spill-over infections to humans. A parrot
C. psittaci strain was recently detected in an equine reproductive loss case associated with a …

Disease surveillance in wild Victorian cacatuids reveals co-infection with multiple agents and detection of novel avian viruses

M Sutherland, S Sarker, PK Vaz, AR Legione… - Veterinary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Wild birds are known reservoirs of bacterial and viral pathogens, some of which have
zoonotic potential. This poses a risk to both avian and human health, since spillover into …

Whole-genome sequencing of Chlamydia psittaci from Australasian avian hosts: A genomics approach to a pathogen that still ruffles feathers

V Kasimov, RT White, J Foxwell… - Microbial …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
Chlamydia psittaci is a globally distributed veterinary pathogen with zoonotic potential.
Although C. psittaci infections have been reported in various hosts, isolation and culture of …

Chlamydiaceae in wild, feral and domestic pigeons in Switzerland and insight into population dynamics by Chlamydia psittaci multilocus sequence typing

P Mattmann, H Marti, N Borel, M Jelocnik, S Albini… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Feral pigeons, common wood pigeons and Eurasian collared doves are the most common
representatives of the Columbidae family in Switzerland and are mostly present in highly …

Advances in clinical sample preparation for identification and characterization of bacterial pathogens using metagenomics

NL Bachmann, RJ Rockett, VJ Timms… - Frontiers in public …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) plays an increasing role in communicable disease
control through high-resolution outbreak tracing, laboratory surveillance and diagnostics …

Pmp Repertoires Influence the Different Infectious Potential of Avian and Mammalian Chlamydia psittaci Strains

A Favaroni, A Trinks, M Weber, JH Hegemann… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chlamydia psittaci is the etiological agent of chlamydiosis in birds and can be transmitted to
humans, causing severe systemic disease. C. psittaci infects a broad range of hosts; strains …