Molecular methods routinely used to detect Coxiella burnetii in ticks cross-react with Coxiella-like bacteria

Infection Ecology and Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Elsa, Jourdain ^a   Duron, Olivier ^b   Séverine, Barry ^a   González Acuña, Daniel ^c   Sidi Boumedine, Karim ^d  

^a EPIA   (France)

^b University de Montpellier   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

Author keywords

false positive; PCR primers; Qfever; surveillance; tick endosymbiont; tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001633183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/IEE.V5.29230     Document Type: Article

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