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AGENT GENRE CHLAMYDIA [1 record]

Record 1 2006-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Viral Diseases
CONT

Etiologic agent is a viable microorganism or its toxin which causes, or may cause, human disease, and is further limited to those agents listed below: bacterial agents ... fungal agents ... viral, rickettsial, and chlamydial agents ...

OBS

chlamydial: Pertaining to or caused by chlamydia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Maladies virales
OBS

chlamydiose : Infection due à un germe du genre chlamydia.

OBS

chlamydia : Bactérie Gram négatif, parasite intracellulaire, responsable [...] d'infections variées [...]. Les germes du genre chlamydia sont proches des rickettsies et des bedsonias.

OBS

Pluriel : des chlamydiae ou des chlamydias.

OBS

chlamydias (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

agent à chlamydomonas : terme loufoque. Le terme «chlamydomonas» désigne en effet une «algue unicellulaire d'eaux douces» (source : Grand dictionnaire encyclopédie Larousse).

Spanish

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