Investigation of a Q fever outbreak in a Scottish co-located slaughterhouse and cutting plant [PDF]
, 2010 Outbreaks of Q fever are rare in the UK. In 2006, the largest outbreak of Q fever in Scotland occurred at a co-located slaughterhouse and cutting plant with 110 cases.
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Diverse tick-borne microorganisms identified in free-living ungulates in Slovakia [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Free-living ungulates are hosts of ixodid ticks and reservoirs of tick-borne microorganisms in central Europe and many regions around the world.
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 Coxiella burnetii is a strict intracellular bacterium with potential as a bioterrorism agent. To characterize different isolates of C. burnetii at the molecular level, we performed multispacer sequence typing (MST). MST is based on intergenic region sequencing.
Olga Glazunova +9 more
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mBio, 2019 The Q fever agent Coxiella burnetii is a Gram-negative bacterium that invades macrophages and replicates inside a specialized lysosomal vacuole. The pathogen employs a type 4B secretion system (T4BSS) to deliver effector proteins into the host cell that ...
Charles L. Larson +3 more
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How to rewire the host cell: A home improvement guide for intracellular bacteria. [PDF]
, 2017 Intracellular bacterial pathogens have developed versatile strategies to generate niches inside the eukaryotic cells that allow them to survive and proliferate.
Cornejo, Elias +2 more
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First report of caprine abortions due to Chlamydia abortus in Argentina. [PDF]
, 2019 Infectious abortions of goats in Argentina are mainly associated with brucellosis and toxoplasmosis. In this paper, we describe an abortion outbreak in goats caused by Chlamydia abortus. Seventy out of 400 goats aborted.
Alvarado Pinedo, María F +5 more
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Diagnosis of Coxiella burnetii infection: comparison of a whole blood interferon-gamma production assay and a Coxiella ELISPOT. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Diagnosis of ongoing or past infection with Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, relies heavily on serology: the measurement of C. burnetii-specific antibodies, reflecting the host's humoral immune response.
Teske Schoffelen +7 more
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An Outbreak of Q fever in a prison in Italy [PDF]
, 2005 We observed an outbreak of Q fever in a prison population. Overall, 65 of the 600 prison inmates developed the disease. The location of the prison cells had no apparent effect on the risk of infection.
Babudieri, Sergio +5 more
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Performance analysis of anaplasma antibody competitive ELISA using the ROC curve for screening of anaplasmosis in camel populations in Egypt [PDF]
, 2020 Anaplasmosis is a tick-born and potential zoonotic disease caused by Anaplasma (A.) phagocytophilum, A. ovis, A. platys and A. capra. Anaplasma marginale affecting bovines and camels causing significant economic losses.
El-Adawy, Hosny +4 more
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Türk Çocuğunda İlk Q Ateşi Endokarditi: Olgu Sunumu ve Literatür İncelemesi
Ankem DergisiQ ateşi endokarditi çocuklarda nadiren bildirilmektedir. Burada pediatrik bir hastada nadir bir Q ateşi endokarditi olgusu ve üç yıllık takibi sunulmuştur.Nedeni bilinmeyen ateş ve belirgin splenomegali ile başvuran, özgeçmişinde konjenital kalp ...
Hatice Karaoğlu +5 more
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