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Novel genotypes of Coxiella burnetii identified in isolates from Australian Q fever patients.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Sept 2016
Vincent Gemma, Stenos John, Latham Jennie, Fenwick Stanley, Graves Stephen
Abstract excerpt
Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, was first discovered in Australia in 1937. However, little is known about the strains of C. burnetii present in this country. In this study, six published genotyping methods were applied to 42 isolates from Australian patients with acute (n=39) and chronic (n=3) Q fever. All the isolates contained the plasmid QpRS and lacked the acute disease antigen A (adaA)...
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