Circulation of Coxiella burnetii in a naturally infected flock of dairy sheep: Shedding dynamics, environmental contamination, and genotype diversity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 7253-7260

  Joulie A ^a,b   Laroucau, K ^c   Bailly, X ^a   Prigent, M ^c   Gasqui, P ^a   Lepetitcolin, E ^d   Blanchard, B ^e   Rousset, E ^c   Sidi Boumedine, K ^c   Jourdain, E ^a  

^a EPIA   (France)

^b VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^c FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^d Animal Q Fever Unit ^*  (France)

^e Adiagene   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CONTAMINATION; DAIRIES; DUST; DYNAMICS; MAMMALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CIRCULATION DATUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGY; QUANTITATIVE PCR; REAL-TIME PCR; TANDEM REPEATS; VARIABLE NUMBER;

DAIRY PRODUCTS;

ABORTION; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; DAIRY FARMING; DISEASE CONTROL; DOMESTIC SPECIES; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MILK; POLLUTION EFFECT; SHEEP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COXIELLA BURNETII; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; Q FEVER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; COXIELLA BURNETII; GENOTYPE; Q FEVER; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84943302722     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02180-15     Document Type: Article

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