Article
Single-nucleotide-polymorphism genotyping of Coxiella burnetii during a Q fever outbreak in The Netherlands.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2011
Huijsmans Cornelis J J, Schellekens Jeroen J A, Wever Peter C, Toman Rudolf, Savelkoul Paul H M, Janse Ingmar, Hermans Mirjam H A
Abstract excerpt
Coxiella burnetii is the etiological agent of Q fever. Currently, the Netherlands is facing the largest Q fever epidemic ever, with almost 4,000 notified human cases. Although the presence of a hypervirulent strain is hypothesized, epidemiological evidence, such as the animal reservoir(s) and genotype of the C. burnetii strain(s) involved, is still lacking. We developed a single-nucleotide-polymorphism (SNP)...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
