Prevalence of Coxiella burnetti infection in wild and farmed ungulates

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 282-286

  Ruiz Fons, Francisco ^a   Rodríguez, Óscar ^a   Torina, Alessandra ^b   Naranjo, Victoria ^a   Gortázar, Christian ^a   de la Fuente, José ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coxiella; Q fever; Tick; Vector borne diseases; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAMA DAMA; DEER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; RED DEER; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COXIELLA BURNETII; DEER; Q FEVER; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; DAMA DAMA; IXODIDA; UNGULATA;

EID: 36549059562     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.06.020     Document Type: Article

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