Chlamydophila pneumoniae in horses: a seroepidemiological survey in Italy

Autor: Antonietta, Di Francesco, Manuela, Donati, Loretta, Mattioli, Marzia, Naldi, Daniela, Salvatore, Giovanni, Poglayen, Roberto, Cevenini, Raffaella, Baldelli
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: The new microbiologica. 29(4)
ISSN: 1121-7138
Popis: We tested 731 sera from apparently healthy light horses against Chlamydophila pneumoniae, by a microimmuno-fluorescence (MIF) test. To verify cross-reactions with other species of chlamvdiae, all sera with an antibody titreor = 32 to C. pneumoniae were tested against both C. psittaci and C. abortus. Antibodies to C. pneumoniae were detected in 194 out of 731 (26.5%) samples tested, with antibody titres ranging from 32 to 1024. No antibody titreor = 32 was detected in sera to C. abortus. Only few sera with a high antibody titre to C. pneumoniae reacted weakly with C. psittaci at the dilution of 1:32.
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