Genotyping of Coxiella burnetii in sheep and goat abortion samples.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Q fever, caused by Coxiella burnetii, is a zoonosis that presents a worldwide distribution and affects both humans and animals. The route of dispersal of the pathogen by ruminants into the environment usually involves stages of abortion and parturition, nevertheless the agent can, also, be detected in other animal samples. Therefore it is considered as important in terms of proper diagnosis, as well as, for epidemiology and surveillance purposes, to genotype the pathogen. The aim of the current study was to investigate the presence of different genotypes of the agent in animals that had suffered from abortion during a two-year survey in Greece.

Results

Sixty nine tissue samples (37 stomach contents, 11 liver samples, 21 cotyledons) were collected from 59 abortion

SUBMITTER: Chochlakis D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6280429 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature