Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in a breeding colony of African clawed frogs (Xenopus tropicalis)

Authors
Reed, KD Ruth, GR Meyer, JA Shukla, SK
Citation
Kd. Reed et al., Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in a breeding colony of African clawed frogs (Xenopus tropicalis), EM INFECT D, 6(2), 2000, pp. 196-199
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10806040 → ACNP
Volume
6
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
196 - 199
Database
ISI
SICI code
1080-6040(200003/04)6:2<196:CPIIAB>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
More than 90% of a breeding colony of clawed frogs (Xenopus tropicalis) imp orted to the United States from western Africa died in an epizootic of chla mydiosis. Chlamydial inclusions we re observed by light and electron micros copy in the liver of an infected frog. Chlamydia pneumoniae was isolated in cell cultures from four frogs. A cutaneous infection by a chytridiomycete fungus observed in two frogs could have been a cofactor in the die-off.