Detection of Coxiella burnetii DNA in Inhalable Airborne Dust Samples from Goat Farms after Mandatory Culling

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Detection of Coxiella burnetii DNA in Inhalable Airborne Dust Samples from Goat Farms after Mandatory Culling
 
Hogerwerf, L.; Borlée, F.; Still, K.; Heederik, D.; van Rotterdam, B.; de Bruin, A.; Nielen, M.; Wouters, I.M.
(2012) Applied and Environmental Microbiology, volume 78, issue 15, pp. 5410 - 5412
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Abstract
Coxiella burnetii is thought to infect humans primarily via airborne transmission. However, air measurements of C. burnetii are sparse. We detected C. burnetii DNA in inhalable and PM10 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic size of 10 μm or less) dust samples collected at three affected goat farms, demonstrating that low ... read more
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Keywords: Coronacrisis-Taverne
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00677-12
ISSN: 0099-2240
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
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