Diversification and Distribution of Ruminant Chlamydia abortus Clones Assessed by MLST and MLVA

• Victoria I. Siarkou ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Victoria I. Siarkou, Fabien Vorimore

  * E-mail: Karine.LAROUCAU@anses.fr (KL); vickysi@vet.auth.gr (VIS)

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

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• Fabien Vorimore ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Victoria I. Siarkou, Fabien Vorimore

  Affiliation Anses, Animal Health Laboratory, Bacterial Zoonoses Unit, University Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort, France

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• Nadia Vicari,

  Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna “Bruno Ubertini”, Sezione Diagnostica di Pavia, Pavia, Italy

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• Simone Magnino,

  Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna “Bruno Ubertini”, Sezione Diagnostica di Pavia, Pavia, Italy

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• Annie Rodolakis,

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

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• Yvonne Pannekoek,

  Affiliation Academic Medical Center, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Konrad Sachse,

  Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (Federal Research Institute for Animal Health), Jena, Germany

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• David Longbottom,

  Affiliation Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

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• Karine Laroucau

  * E-mail: Karine.LAROUCAU@anses.fr (KL); vickysi@vet.auth.gr (VIS)

  Affiliation Anses, Animal Health Laboratory, Bacterial Zoonoses Unit, University Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort, France

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