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Microevolution of the chromosomal region of acute disease antigen A (adaA) in the query (Q) fever agent Coxiella burnetii.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Frangoulidis Dimitrios, Splettstoesser Wolf D, Landt Olfert, Dehnhardt Jasmin, Henning Klaus, Hilbert Angela, Bauer Tilman, Antwerpen Markus, Meyer Hermann, Walter Mathias C, Knobloch Johannes K-M
Abstract excerpt
The acute disease antigen A (adaA) gene is believed to be associated with Coxiella burnetii strains causing acute Q fever. The detailed analysis of the adaA genomic region of 23 human- and 86 animal-derived C. burnetii isolates presented in this study reveals a much more polymorphic appearance an...
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