Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học 'Respiratory Research cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: " Chlamydophila spp. infection in horses with recurrent airway obstruction: similarities to human chronic obstructive disease. | Respiratory Research BioMed Central Open Access Chlamydophila spp. infection in horses with recurrent airway obstruction similarities to human chronic obstructive disease DirkTheegarten41 Konrad Sachset2 Britta Mentrup1 Kerstin Fey3 Helmut Hotzel4 and Olaf Anhenn 1 5 6 Address 1Institute of Pathology and Neuropathology University Duisburg-Essen Medical School Hufelandstr. 55 D-45122 Essen Germany institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute Naumburger Str. 96a D-07743 Jena Germany 3Clinic for Horses Internal Medicine Justus-Liebig-University Frankfurter Str. 126 D-35392 Giefien Germany institute of Molecular Pathogenesis Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute Naumburger Str. 96a D-07743 Jena Germany 5Clinic for Internal Medicine General Hospital Hagen Grunstr. 35 D-58095 Hagen Germany and 6Department of Pneumology Ruhrlandklinik University Duisburg-Essen Medical School Tuschener Weg 40 D-45239 Essen Germany Email Dirk Theegarten - Konrad Sachse - Britta Mentrup - Kerstin Fey - Helmut Hotzel - Olaf Anhenn - Corresponding author tEqual contributors Published 29 January 2008 Respiratory Research 2008 9 14 doi l465-992l-9-l4 Received 22 April 2007 Accepted 29 January 2008 This article is available from http content 9 l l4 2008 Theegarten et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Recurrent airway obstruction RAO in horses is a naturally occurring dust-induced disease mainly characterized by bronchiolitis which shows histological and pathophysiological similarities to human .