Detection of Coxiella burnetii DNA on small-ruminant farms during a Q fever outbreak in the Netherlands

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1652-1657

  de Bruin, A ^a   van der Plaats, R Q J ^a   de Heer, L ^a   Paauwe, R ^b   Schimmer, B ^a   Vellema, P ^c   van Rotterdam, B J ^a   van Duynhovena, Y T H P ^a  

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

^b Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIXES; MONITORING PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY SOURCES; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SURFACE AREA;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DIAGNOSIS; DNA; FARM BUILDINGS; MANURES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING;

DAIRIES;

BACTERIAL DNA;

AEROSOL; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; FILTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INFECTIVITY; MANURE; MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RUMINANT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; EPIDEMIC; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; NETHERLANDS; Q FEVER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; MILK; NETHERLANDS; Q FEVER; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

NETHERLANDS;

CAPRA HIRCUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84857858021     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07323-11     Document Type: Article

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