Dominance of Vaccine-Specific Genotypes in Koalas From North-Eastern Australia.

is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in koalas and a major contributor to population decline. Due to its crucial role in vaccine development and use as a strain typing tool, multiple studies have investigated the prevalence and diversity of the outer membrane protein A (MOMP), encoded by A. This prior work has shown that A genotypes vary across geographical regions, with multiple genotypes identified across Eastern Australia.

Preliminary analyses of tryptophan, kynurenine, and the kynurenine: Tryptophan ratio in plasma, as potential biomarkers for systemic chlamydial infections in koalas.

Chlamydiosis is the major infectious disease responsible for significant morbidity and mortality in free-living koalas. Recently, it was reported that 28.5% of koalas infected with chlamydiosis were presented with no overt clinical signs.