Free-living and captive turtles and tortoises as carriers of new Chlamydia spp.

A variety of Chlamydia species belonging to the Chlamydiaceae family have been reported in reptilian hosts but scarce data about their occurrence in turtles and tortoises are available. In this study, research was conducted to acquire information on invasive alien species (IAS) of turtles and indige...

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Main Authors: Agata Mitura, Krzysztof Niemczuk, Kinga Zaręba, Magdalena Zając, Karine Laroucau, Monika Szymańska-Czerwińska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5614609?pdf=render