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Detection of Coxiella burnetii in commercially available raw milk from the United States.
Foodborne pathogens and disease - 1 Dec 2010
Loftis Amanda D, Priestley Rachael A, Massung Robert F
Abstract excerpt
Unpasteurized (raw) milk can be purchased in 39 U.S. states, with direct consumer purchase for human consumption permitted in 29 of those 39 states. Raw milk (n=21; cow, 14; goat, 7) was purchased in 12 states, and Coxiella burnetii, the agent of Q fever, was detected in 9 of 21 (42.9%) samples tested by polymerase chain reaction. Viability of the pathogen was demonstrated by isolation of the agent in tissue...
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