Host Adaptation of Chlamydia pecorum towards Low Virulence Evident in Co-Evolution of the ompA, incA, and ORF663 Loci

• Khalil Yousef Mohamad ,

  * E-mail: khalilyoussef@hotmail.com

  Current address: Laboratory of Animal Production - Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Al-Furat, Deir Ezzor, Syria

  Affiliation INRA, UR1282 Infectiologie Animale et Santé Publique, Nouzilly, France

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• Bernhard Kaltenboeck,

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Kh. Shamsur Rahman,

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Simone Magnino,

  Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna “Bruno Ubertini”, National Reference Laboratory for Animal Chlamydioses, Sezione Diagnostica di Pavia, Pavia, Italy

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• Konrad Sachse,

  Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut Jena, OIE and National Reference Laboratory for Chlamydiosis, Jena, Germany

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• Annie Rodolakis

  Affiliation INRA, UR1282 Infectiologie Animale et Santé Publique, Nouzilly, France

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