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Occurrence and Genotyping of Coxiella burnetii in Ixodid Ticks in Oromia, Ethiopia.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Nov 2015
Kumsa Bersissa, Socolovschi Cristina, Almeras Lionel, Raoult Didier, Parola Philippe
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This study was conducted from September 2011 to March 2014 to address the occurrence and genotypes of Coxiella burnetii using molecular methods in ticks collected from domestic animals in Ethiopia. Ticks were tested for C. burnetii by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) targeting two different genes followed by multispacer sequence typing (MST). An overall prevalence of 6.4% (54/842) of C....
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