Detection of coxiella burnetii dna in wildlife and ticks in Northern Queensland, Australia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-16

  Cooper, A ^a   Stephens, J ^a   Ketheesan, N ^a   Govan, Brenda ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Q fever; Ticks; Wildlife; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSPOSON;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BANDICOOT; COXIELLA BURNETII; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; KANGAROO; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK; WILD ANIMAL; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; Q FEVER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALIA; COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; IXODIDA; METATHERIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; MARSUPIALIA; Q FEVER; QUEENSLAND; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICKS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84872181819     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0853     Document Type: Article

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