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Variation in immune response genes and chronic Q fever. Concepts: preliminary test with post-Q fever fatigue syndrome.
Genes and immunity - 1 Jan 2003
Helbig K J, Heatley S L, Harris R J, Mullighan C G, Bardy P G, Marmion B P
Abstract excerpt
Acute primary Q fever is followed by various chronic sequelae. These include subacute Q fever endocarditis, granulomatous reactions in various organs or a prolonged debilitating post-infection fatigue syndrome (QFS). The causative organism, Coxiella burnetii, persists after an initial infection. The differing chronic outcomes may reflect variations within cytokine and accessory immune control genes which affect...
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