Detection of Coxiella burnetii DNA in the environment during and after a large Q fever epidemic in the Netherlands

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1395-1404

  De Bruin, A ^a   Janse, I ^a   Koning, M ^a   De Heer, L ^a   Van der Plaats, R Q J ^a   Van Leuken, J P G ^a   Van Rotterdam, B J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Detection; Molecular epidemiology; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Veterinary

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DNA; FARMS;

% REDUCTIONS; AEROSOL SAMPLES; DETECTION; DNA CONTENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VETERINARY;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL DNA;

AEROSOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; RUMINANT; SAMPLING;

ABORTION; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA CONTENT; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METEOROLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; Q FEVER; SCREENING;

NETHERLANDS;

COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 84876408441     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12163     Document Type: Article

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