Chlamydia pneumoniae in a free-ranging giant barred frog (Mixophyes iteratus) from Australia
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Published on: March 14, 2014
1CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Queensland, Australia.
Abstract:
The koala biovar of Chlamydia pneumoniae was identified in lung tissue from a sick, free-ranging giant barred frog (Mixophyes iteratus) by using electron microscopy, C. pneumoniae-specific fluorescent-antibody staining, cell culture, and sequencing of the ompA, ompB and 16S rRNA genes. This is the first report of a chlamydial strain infecting both a homeotherm and a poikilotherm and only the fourth host (in addition to humans, koalas, and horses) to be naturally infected with this species of Chlamydia. The frog had severe, chronic, mononuclear pneumonia and nonregenerative anemia and pancytopenia.
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