Koala Chlamydia Strain Diversity and Immune Response Data from New South Wales

Urogenital and ocular swab samples from koalas in the Liverpool Plains, Southern Highlands, and Port Macquarie regions of New South Wales. The University of Sydney generated these datasets, which include molecular characterisation of Chlamydia pecorum infections and immunological data, with associated peer-reviewed publications from 2023 and 2024.

Use Cases

• Assess strain diversity and emergence of Chlamydia pecorum based on Multi-Locus Sequence Typing (MLST) data.
• Investigate koala immune response variation in relation to chlamydial infection and co-infection.
• Analyze relationships between clinical health data and pathogen virulence markers like incA and ORF663.
• Study the impact of environmental stressors on koala health using combined clinical and immunological data.

Strengths

• Data is linked to multiple peer-reviewed publications from 2023 and 2024, suggesting scientific validation.
• Samples were collected from three distinct geographic regions in New South Wales, allowing for spatial comparison.
• Includes both molecular pathogen data (genotyping, MLST) and host immunological data, enabling integrated analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the three sampled regions in New South Wales.

Provenance

Source

The University of Sydney

Collection Method

Urogenital and ocular swab samples collected from koalas, with associated clinical and health data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 21:23:39.569933; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Liverpool Plains, Southern Highlands, and Port Macquarie regions of New South Wales, Australia.