Coxiella burnetii is an intracellular pathogen that causes Q fever, a zoonotic disease found worldwide. In humans, the bacterium is responsible for an acute and chronic disease. It is transmitted to humans by the inhalation of aerosols or contaminated dust containing bacteria from infected livestock...
Details of the experiment are available within the Nucleic Acid Research, 2004 manuscript "Genomic profiling by DNA amplification of laser capture microdissected tissues and array CGH", by Cardoso J. et al.
