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Whole genome PCR scanning (WGPS) of Coxiella burnetii strains from ruminants.
Microbes and infection - 1 Jan 2000
Sidi-Boumedine Karim, Adam Gilbert, Angen Øysten, Aspán Anna, Bossers Alex, Roest Hendrik-Jan, Prigent Myriam, Thiéry Richard, Rousset Elodie
Abstract excerpt
Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of Q fever, a zoonosis that spreads from ruminants to humans via the inhalation of aerosols contaminated by livestock's birth products. This study aimed to compare the genomes of strains isolated from ruminants by "Whole Genome PCR Scanning (WGPS)" in order to identify genomic differences. C. burnetii isolated from different ruminant hosts were compared to the Nine Mile...
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