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Rapid typing of Coxiella burnetii.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Hornstra Heidie M, Priestley Rachael A, Georgia Shalamar M, Kachur Sergey, Birdsell Dawn N, Hilsabeck Remy, Gates Lauren T, Samuel James E, Heinzen Robert A, Kersh Gilbert J, Keim Paul, Massung Robert F, Pearson Talima
Abstract excerpt
Coxiella burnetii has the potential to cause serious disease and is highly prevalent in the environment. Despite this, epidemiological data are sparse and isolate collections are typically small, rare, and difficult to share among laboratories as this pathogen is governed by select agent rules and fastidious to culture. With the advent of whole genome sequencing, some of this knowledge gap has been overcome by...
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