The Recent Evolution of a Maternally-Inherited Endosymbiont of Ticks Led to the Emergence of the Q Fever Pathogen, Coxiella burnetii.

The Recent Evolution of a Maternally-Inherited Endosymbiont of Ticks Led to the Emergence of the Q Fever Pathogen, Coxiella burnetii.

Q fever is a highly infectious disease with a worldwide distribution. Its causative agent, the intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii, infects a variety of vertebrate species, including humans. Its evolutionary origin remains almost entirely unknown and uncertainty persists regarding the identity...

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Main Authors: Olivier Duron, Valérie Noël, Karen D McCoy, Matteo Bonazzi, Karim Sidi-Boumedine, Olivier Morel, Fabrice Vavre, Lionel Zenner, Elsa Jourdain, Patrick Durand, Céline Arnathau, François Renaud, Jean-François Trape, Abel S Biguezoton, Julie Cremaschi, Muriel Dietrich, Elsa Léger, Anaïs Appelgren, Marlène Dupraz, Elena Gómez-Díaz, Georges Diatta, Guiguigbaza-Kossigan Dayo, Hassane Adakal, Sébastien Zoungrana, Laurence Vial, Christine Chevillon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-05-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004892

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