Single-nucleotide-polymorphism genotyping of Coxiella burnetii during a Q fever outbreak in the Netherlands

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2051-2057

  Huijsmans, Cornelis J J ^a   Schellekens, Jeroen J A ^a   Wever, Peter C ^a   Toman, Rudolf ^b   Savelkoul, Paul H M ^c   Janse, Ingmar ^d   Hermans, Mirjam H A ^a  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL SAMPLES; COW MILK; ETIOLOGICAL AGENT; GENOTYPING; GENOTYPING ASSAYS; NETHERLANDS; REAL-TIME PCR;

AGRICULTURE; NUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

STRAIN;

ASSAY; BACTERIUM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH RISK; LIVESTOCK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COXIELLA BURNETII; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

COXIELLA BURNETII; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; Q FEVER;

NETHERLANDS;

ANIMALIA; COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 79952244455     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02293-10     Document Type: Article

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