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Molecular typing of Coxiella burnetii from animal and environmental matrices during Q fever epidemics in the Netherlands.
BMC veterinary research - 18 Sept 2012
de Bruin Arnout, van Alphen Pleunie T W, van der Plaats Rozemarijn Q J, de Heer Lianne N D, Reusken Chantal B E M, van Rotterdam Bart J, Janse Ingmar
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BACKGROUND: The bacterium Coxiella burnetii has caused unprecedented outbreaks of Q fever in the Netherlands between 2007 and 2010. Since 2007, over 4000 human cases have been reported, with 2354 cases in 2009 alone. Dairy goat farms were identified as most probable sources for emerging clusters of human Q fever cases in their vicinity. However, identifying individual farms as primary source for specific clusters...
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