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Identification of Coxiella burnetii genotypes in Croatia using multi-locus VNTR analysis.
Veterinary microbiology - 10 Oct 2014
Račić Ivana, Spičić Silvio, Galov Ana, Duvnjak Sanja, Zdelar-Tuk Maja, Vujnović Anja, Habrun Boris, Cvetnić Zeljko
Abstract excerpt
Although Q fever affects humans and animals in Croatia, we are unaware of genotyping studies of Croatian strains of the causative pathogen Coxiella burnetii, which would greatly assist monitoring and control efforts. Here 3261 human and animal samples were screened for C. burnetii DNA by conventional PCR, and 335 (10.3%) were positive. Of these positive samples, 82 were genotyped at 17 loci using the relatively...
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