Detection of Coxiella burnetii from dust in a barn housing dairy cattle

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-53

  Yanase, Tsuyoshi ^a   Muramatsu, Yasukazu ^a   Inouye, Iwao ^a   Okabayashi, Tamaki ^a   Ueno, Hiroshi ^a   Morita, Chiharu ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barn; Coxiella burnetii; Dairy cattle; Dust

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COXIELLA BURNETII; GRAIN DUST; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031893784     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb01969.x     Document Type: Article

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