Coxiella burnetii-positive PCR in febrile patients in rural and urban Africa

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-110

  Angelakis, Emmanouil ^a   Mediannikov, Oleg ^a,b   Socolovschi, Cristina ^a   Mouffok, Nadjet ^c   Bassene, Hubert ^a,b   Tall, Adama ^d   Niangaly, Hamidou ^e   Doumbo, Ogobara ^e   Znazen, Abir ^f   Sarih, Mhammed ^g   Sokhna, Cheikh ^a,b   Raoult, Didier ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Campus Commun UCAD IRD of Hann ^*  (Senegal)

^c CHU Oran   (Algeria)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^f HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^g Institut Pasteur du Maroc   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Africa; Coxiella burnetii; Genotype; Multi spacer sequence typing; Q fever

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; GABON; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALI; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOROCCO; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SENEGAL; TUNISIA; URBAN POPULATION; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ALGERIA; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOROCCO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; RURAL POPULATION; SENEGAL; TUNISIA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949115357     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.05.029     Document Type: Article

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