Immunohistological localisation of Coxiella burnetii in various organs of naturally Q-fever infected goats [PDF]
, 2011 The rather uncommonly reported Q-fever disease in Malaysia is currently demonstrating an increasing trend of outbreaks. A total of 197 goat carcasses during the period of July 2007 to December 2009 were submitted to Regional Diagnostic Laboratory (MVK ...
Awang Besar, Sarenasulastri +7 more
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Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2019 Determining the causative etiology of culture-negative endocarditis can be challenging. We performed next-generation sequencing of plasma microbial cell-free DNA to facilitate rapid diagnosis and genotyping of Coxiella burnetii in a patient with culture ...
Maiko Kondo +6 more
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Characterization of Early Stages of Human Alveolar Infection by the Q Fever Agent Coxiella burnetii
Infection and Immunity, 2019 Human Q fever is caused by the intracellular bacterial pathogen Coxiella burnetii. Q fever presents with acute flu-like and pulmonary symptoms or can progress to chronic, severe endocarditis.
Amanda L. Dragan +2 more
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Coxiella burnetii in ticks and wild birds
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2019 The study objective was to get more information on C. burnetii prevalence in wild birds and ticks feeding on them, and the potentialities of the pathogen dissemination over Europe by both.Blood, blood sera, feces of wild birds and ticks removed from those birds or from vegetation were studied at two sites in Russia: the Curonian Spit (site KK), and the
N.K. Tokarevich +12 more
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Screening of post-mortem tissue donors for Coxiella burnetii infection after large outbreaks of Q fever in The Netherlands [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: After the largest outbreaks of Q fever ever recorded in history occurred in the Netherlands, concern arose that Coxiella may be transmitted via donated tissues of latent or chronically infected donors.
Boris M Hogema +5 more
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Horizontally Acquired Biosynthesis Genes Boost Coxiella burnetii's Physiology
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2017 Coxiella burnetii, the etiologic agent of acute Q fever and chronic endocarditis, has a unique biphasic life cycle, which includes a metabolically active intracellular form that occupies a large lysosome-derived acidic vacuole. C.
Abraham S. Moses +4 more
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Full-Term Human Placental Macrophages Eliminate Coxiella burnetii Through an IFN-γ Autocrine Loop
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 The intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii is responsible for Q fever, an infectious disease that increases the risk of abortion, preterm labor, and stillbirth in pregnant women. It has been shown that C.
S. Mezouar +9 more
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STUDIES ON MIXED INFECTIONS V. Brucella suis
, 1959 Leonard A. Mika +2 more
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Infection and Drug Resistance, 2019 Background: Q fever is an underreported zoonotic disease of cattle and men in most countries of the world. Very little information about the prevalence of Coxiella burnetii infection in animals and humans comes from South and Central America and ...
G. Echeverría +7 more
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Seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii antibodies in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients in Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [PDF]
, 2009 The aim of this study was to describe the risk factors for acquisition of infection of C. burnetii, to determine the seroprevalence, and to identify the presence of DNA in blood samples of HIVpositive patients in a semi-rural area in the city of Rio
Bóia, M.N. +6 more
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