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Establishment of a genotyping scheme for Coxiella burnetii.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Jan 2006
Svraka Sanela, Toman Rudolf, Skultety Ludovit, Slaba Katarina, Homan Wieger L
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Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of Q fever. The bacterium is highly infectious and is classified as a category B biological weapon. The tools of molecular biology are of utmost importance in a rapid and unambiguous identification of C. burnetii in naturally occurring Q fever outbreaks, or in cases of a deliberate release of the infectious agent. In this work, development of a multiple locus variable...
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