Molecular typing of Coxiella burnetii from animal and environmental matrices during Q fever epidemics in the Netherlands

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  de Bruin, Arnout ^a   van Alphen, Pleunie T W ^b   van der Plaats, Rozemarijn Q J ^a   ND de Heer, Lianne ^a   Reusken, Chantal B E M ^a   van Rotterdam, Bart J ^a   Janse, Ingmar ^a  

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

^b Stichting Laboratoria voor Pathologie en Medische Microbiologie   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Environment; Goat; MLVA; Molecular typing; Q fever; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS ARIES; RATTUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NETHERLANDS; Q FEVER; RAT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NETHERLANDS; Q FEVER; RATS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84866269446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-165     Document Type: Article

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