| chlamydial infection in a colony of captive koalas. | forty three koalas in a captive colony were investigated for the presence of chlamydia psittaci infection and associated disease. swabs were taken from conjunctivae and urogenital sites for cell culture isolation of c psittaci and for cytological examination (direct smears) for chlamydial inclusions and evidence of inflammation. on the basis of cell culture isolation, 28 samples from 25 koalas were positive for c psittaci (that is, infected). three koalas were positive from both sites, 5 from co ... | 1991 | 1883294 |
| chlamydiosis in workers at a duck farm and processing plant. | an outbreak of chlamydiosis was investigated in workers at a duck farm and processing plant during winter 1989. chlamydia psittaci was isolated from ducks, but there was little evidence of clinical chlamydiosis in the ducks. serological tests showed that 76% of workers had been exposed to infection, 12% recently, 16% had not been exposed and 8% had inconclusive test results. there was a strong association (p < 0.05) between years of employment and exposure to infection. infection appeared to be ... | 1993 | 8343087 |
| comparison of the omp i gene of chlamydia psittaci between isolates in victorian koalas and other animal species. | the objective of this study is to compare the strain of chlamydia causing genital infection in koalas from victoria with isolates from other animal species. | 1997 | 9293340 |
| community outbreak of psittacosis in a rural australian town. | health authorities in victoria, australia were notified of three men from a rural town with atypical pneumonia, admitted to hospital over 8 days. initial serological testing suggested chlamydia psittaci as the cause. we did a case-control study to find risk factors for psittacosis. | 1998 | 9734887 |