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Prevalence Study of Coxiella burnetii in Aborted Ovine and Caprine Fetuses by Evaluation of Nested and Real-Time PCR Assays
2011-12-01
Abstract excerpt
Problem statement: Q fever is a ubiquitous zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii, an obligate intracellular rickettsial organism that caused abortion and stillbirth in ruminants. Approach: The prevalence of Coxiella burnetii in Iran is essentially unknown. Its traditional diagnosis is based on culture, serology and conventional PCR. In this present study, for more sensitive and accurate detection and prevalence's d...
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- Literature Corpus work
- bf41f9f3-1bb4-5e7e-b95c-ff4daa794207
- DOI
- 10.3844/ajavsp.2011.180.186
