Search for Possible Additional Reservoirs for Human Q Fever, the Netherlands

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To the Editor: Q fever is a zoonosis caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii. The Q fever outbreak in the Netherlands affected ≈4,000 humans during 2007–2010 (1). In this outbreak, 1 genotype of C. burnetii appeared to be responsible for abortions in small ruminants and for clinical disease in humans (2,3). However, little is known about the outbreak genotype and the prevalence of C. burnetii in possible...

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