Detection of Coxiella burnetii in Ambient Air after a Large Q Fever Outbreak.

One of the largest Q fever outbreaks ever occurred in the Netherlands from 2007-2010, with 25 fatalities among 4,026 notified cases. Airborne dispersion of Coxiella burnetii was suspected but not studied extensively at the time. We investigated temporal and spatial variation of Coxiella burnetii in...

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Main Authors: Myrna M T de Rooij, Floor Borlée, Lidwien A M Smit, Arnout de Bruin, Ingmar Janse, Dick J J Heederik, Inge M Wouters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4798294?pdf=render